Amid Rise In Divorce, Goa Plans To Make Premarital Counselling Mandatory

Marriage Counselling Goa: State Law Minister Nilesh Cabral recently said the state government's Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) will finalise the counselling course and its format.

Citing rise in the number of divorce cases, the Goa government has decided to come up with a policy to make premarital counselling mandatory. State Law Minister Nilesh Cabral recently said the state government's Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) will finalise the counselling course and its format. "We are coming up with a new policy to make premarital counselling mandatory in the state. We may also rope in religious institutions for the same," he said. The decision was taken following a rise in divorce cases reported in Goa, he said.