National Council of Applied Economic Research

Dowry menace high among Sikhs, Christians: Study

On: July 7, 2021

New Delhi: The Sikh and Christian communities in India have seen substantial rise in dowry cases in the past few decades, says a study. Similarly, dowry demands have increased also among upper castes across all religions, says a blog based on a study of 40,000 marriages in rural India sinceContinue Reading

5% of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55%

By: Matters India

On: May 12, 2016

In: National

Christian-dominated Mizoram – 87 percent of the population is Christian – has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a nation where 95 percent of Indians marry within their caste, according to a 2016 report from the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), a New Delhi-based think-tank. Meghalaya and SikkimContinue Reading