Approximately 80 percent of divorced

or separated women in India live below the poverty line, with a monthly income of less than Rs.4,000, a survey said.

Agree with the survery

Any solution?

?

poverty is not a matter for divorce

okie,

please also post wat is percentage of men earning more than 35000 per month in india?

wat percentage of families  have per capita income over 4000 per month in india?

india is a poor nation , so wud be its general public. sitting in metros in airconditioned rooms and moving in luxury cars u  cannot see real india. real india is that poor only.

yes, agree with the view of avnish kaur.

please also post wat is percentage of men earning more than 35000 per month in india?

If someone get the survey then the real picture comes.

doctrinal research is limited as it only restricted to libraby not a fieldwork real experience.

Non doctrinal research is law of recent origin and social research is necessary to know the root cause of the problem and then find out the solution.Field work is needed to know the exact situation of india.

see the link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India

Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world's poor.By World Bank estimates, 80% of India's population lives on less than 2$ a day.^[1] According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41% of India falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP, in nominal terms 21.6 a day in urban areas and 14.3 in rural areas); having reduced from 60% in 1981.^[2] According to the criterion used by the Planning Commission of India 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005, down from 51.3% in 1977–1978, and 36% in 1993-1994.^[3] A study by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative using a Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) found that there were 421 million poor living under the MPI in eight north India states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. This number is higher than the 410 million poor living in the 26 poorest African nations.^[4] Estimates by NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research), show that 48% of the Indian households earn more than 90,000 (US$1,989) annually (or more than US$3 PPP per person). According to NCAER, in 2009, of the 222 million households in India, the absolutely poor households (annual incomes below 45,000) accounted for only 15.6 % of them or about 35 million (about 200 million Indians). Another 80 million households are in income levels of 45,000-90,000 per year.^[5]

^{world bank study above says "} 80% of India's population lives on less than 2$ a day"

does it mean divorced women are in a better condition than general indian population by squeezing out money from males?

watever it may be. these figures can be read anyway.

real picture can be clear only if there had been a study comparing divorced women to overall indian population.

so above study is of no use unless we have a control group  to compare divorced women to.

just loved ur post avnish and i agree with ur findings. again i must say today u r on roll.

Divorced women in dire straits: Survey

Poverty of divorced women are different from the general poverty,

Perspective differs.

ok sir. i agree there is a reason to study poverty among divorced women to find if they are more affcted than general population.

but if say world bank as above  says 80% of indian population is poor and also this study says 80% of indian population is poor then this goes to show that poor men have poor divoced wives.

my view point is while doing such a study it should be shown that as a result of divorce women suffered some economic adversity whic affected them more adversely than the general population. which this study doing group has gravely missed.

if a study was conducted which compared each divorced women economically to her ex-husband then it cud serve a useful purpose.

if such a study as i have discussed above is done this can show us how much economic advesity women suffer because of divorce factor in their life all other factors being equal , this shud have been a case control study as per statastical terms.

errata above lines

80% of indian population is poor and also this study says 80% of Divorced wives are  poor then this goes to show that poor men have poor divoced wives.

WHAT IS YOUR ( MS ROSHNI) TARGET?

ECONOMICS OR FAMILY LAW?

ROOT CAUSE OF POVERTY AND  DIVORCE ARE SEPERATE.

ROOT CAUSE OF DIVORCE  IS FAMILY UNREST, MARRIAGE WITHOUT MATCHING THE TEMPARAMENT, CULTURE ETC.

ROOT CAUSE OF POVERTY IS LACK OF PROPERTY, PROPER EDUCATION, EARNINGS ETC.

ONE PURELY INDEPENDENT WITH THE OTHER.

AMONG THE POORS, THERE ARE A SEPERATE MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE CULTURE GOING ON. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN DIVORCE. THEY DO NOT HAVE FAITH ON COURT. A STRAIGHT AND SIMPLE ACTION  THEY TAKE - AFTER REALISING THE IRRITRETRIAVEABLE BREAKDOWN OF MARRIAGE, -

THEY FIRSTLY SEPERATED FROM ONE OTHER

SECONDLY THEY SEARCH A PARTY FOR SEX, AND DO IT.

THIRDLY, IF THE PARTY FOUND SUITABLE START LIVING TOGETHER.

AM TELLING IT FROM MY REGULAR EXPERIENCES NOT FROM ANY RESERCH WORK.

AS THEY ARE POOR THEY DO NOT LIKE TO GO TO CURT AND ALSO AS IT IS A CIVIL MATTER, THE COURT HAS A LITTLE SCOPE TO INTERFEER IT

1) IN ABSENCE OF CIVIL COMPLAIN

2) ALSO LACK OF PROPERTY - WHICH CAN BE ENCROACHED BY A CIVIL COURT OF LAW. 

yes you are right arup, there is no divorce in poor. as there is no immovable asset , u cannot trace them also. ur observation is very correct.

SO IF WOMEN IS BELOW POVERTY LINE IS BECAUSE OF HUSBAND OR HER PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT GIVEN HER PROPER EDUCATION TO EARN HER BREAD AND BUTTER

INSTEAD SHE SHOULD CLAIM FROM HER PARENTS

There should be equilibrium in law and justice and its should not be gender biased.

Today women is claiming ,maintenance whether they have any real problem with their husband or not but they are claiming it as a matter of right and it becomes business now to earn easy money. Marry the rich person , do quarrel with them and then claim maintenance and alimony. When she is not ready to co-operate and take care of her husband and family then why she should get any maintenance/alimony. IT MUST BE STOPPED AND BE GIVEN ONLY IN DESERVING CASES WHERE HUSBAND IS GUILTY AND WIFE IS INNOCENT.IT WILL SAVE THE FAMILIES.

It is a jungle raj and  way to become rich on others money.

If husband has duty to maintain her wife then wife has also duty to take care of him and give love and affection. So there should be no maintenance at all for wife's who are just trying to enrich them by using this ANDHA KANOON.

Certain suggestions to preserve families and to save them:

          No maintenance till guilty is proved and if husband is ready to reconcile and bear all the expenses of wife and children if she re-joins him.

          No maintenance  and alimony in the 2nd marriage if she has got it in the first divorce.

          No maintenance if she can maintain her or her parents can maintain her and if husband is ready to take her back.

          Compulsory mediation for avoiding long legal battle.

          Law should be such that both husband and wife try to reconcile .

          Law should not be favoring anyone to ensure that marriages are saved.

      Domestic violence complaint / fir should be filed within 24 hours of alleged incidence in place of today's situation in which wife and her parents try to black mail the husband and his family to agree to their terms and if they do not agree then they file case even after many years.

DV Act must be applicable equally to men and women as today women is more aggressive and ill-treat, abuse, beat husbands and in-laws but the DV Act not applicable to them. It must cover wife's and their families to ensure equality and justice.

Limits provided in the Act for filing mutual consent Divorce after 1 year separation, desertion of 2 year,3 years for IRBM etc. should be removed and it should be only 3 months so both can start their life’s afresh.  When two persons can marry without any waiting period then there should be no waiting period for separation.

The most important thing is to fix time limit for completion of hearing and disposal of case in any court say 6 months only. The cases must be tried on fast track basis. The infrastructure of the legislative system should be strenght4ened and cases must be disposed off within 6 months.

For filing cases some minimum requirement of proofs etc. must be there and it should not be like this that for any small small issue anybody can go and file the case.

Specially for family matters pre-litigation mediation must be compulsory and the behavior/flexibility of each party in resolving the issue must be recorded and should be base of their case in future (if any).

Pre-neputal agreement should be made legal so husband and wife are aware before hand what they are going to get or loose if they part there ways and they should be allowed to take divorce on the terms mentioned in the agreement without going to court. 

MAXIMUM LIMIT OF MAINTENANCE AMOUNT BE FIXED IN THE ACT ITSELF TO STOP ITS MIS-USE

THERE MUST BE STRICT PENAL PROVISIONS FOR PETITIONER AND ADVOCATES FOR FILING FALSE CASES.IT WILL REDUCE LARGE NUMBER OF FALSE CASES. AS PER STATATICS 95% DOWRY/ DOMESTIC VIOLANCE CASES ARE FALSE.ONCE JUDGES START PUNISHING THOSE INVOLVED IN SUCH CASES THERE WILL BE SEA CHANGE.

Dowry law, Hindu Marriage law, Domestic violence Act etc. must be made equal for both husband and wife. Lacs of husband are suiciding because of these biased laws.

FILE  REPRESENTATION BEFORE COMMITTE OF PETITIONS OF RAJYA SABHA FOR CHANGE OF 498a TO STOP ITS MISUSE BEFORE 30.12.2010

If husband has a duty to maintain his wife then he must have some rights also and if wife has right of maintenance then she must have some duties also.

The government of India who has enacted this type of illogical law has on its own part giving this type of maintenance/allowance etc. to citizens of India if they don’t have any earning/job etc. NO not at all.

In NAREGA they are just giving guarantee of work for 100 days and wages for the days worked so this should also be applicable to husband and wife also.

This blackmailing by wife's must be stopped forthwith.

I am a bit confused. Is it that poverty is a pre-condition for divorce? Or that women go under poverty-line as a consequence of divorce? I believe the latter is true. I have been thinking that divorce is a luxury indulged in by the rich.

Desertion and divorce lands up most of the women in nowhere, in all respect like financially emotionally. It is a tough trauma for genuine women.