Public servants in Uttar Pradesh will have to announce that they have accept no dowry when they were married, the department of women’s welfare said in a recent circular. All government servants married after April 31, 2004, will have to email affidavits to that effect by October 18, according to the October 12 circular to all the heads of departments, commissioners and district magistrates, among others. The jurisdiction have been asked for to take action against organization who do not comply. This is probably for the first time when our department has sought a no-dowry affidavit from government servants in a serious offer to get the supply of the anti-dowry law enforced in the state, said Manoj Rai, director department of women and child welfare. All public servants in India are compulsory to furnish a sustainable statement at the time of joining work, stating that they will not receive dowry when they get married, according to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
