CAUSE
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“Why is dowry still practiced?”
Entrenched patriarchal social norms, viewing women as financial liabilities and marriage as a transactional status symbol, primarily drive the persistence of dowry, reinforced by economic inequality and social expectations despite the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961.
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CURRENT STATE
This factor sustains widespread dowry practices, with nearly 75% of Indian marriages involving dowry, according to NITI Aayog's 2023 Social Progress Index, leading to high rates of dowry-related violence and deaths, including 6,516 women dying in 2022. Legal enforcement remains weak.
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