Mises Daily
Author:
Jayant Bhandari
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According to a recent news item , the Indian government will start offering a “dowry” of INR50,000 (about US$1,100) to anyone who marries someone from a lower caste. This money is more than 1.5 years of Indian per-capita GDP. As per-capita GDP is an average, it is easy to imagine that this money is much more than what the majority of Indians will