The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday asked Education Min🍸ister Dharmendra Pradhan to take remedial action over a book for nursing students listing the "merits and advantages" of the dowry syste𝓀m.
The 'Textbook of Sociology for Nurses' by T K Indrani, according to its cover, is written according to the 𝄹Indian Nursing Council syllabus.
The suggestion that getting a share of parental property in dowry is one of the "merits" of the regressi𓂃ve practice is under the heading "The 🐲Merits of Dowry".
The NCW, in a statement, said the matter is of ser🎃ious concern and the commission has taken cognisance of it.
"It sends a very wrong message to students about the prevailing menace of 'dowry'. (NCW) Chairperson Rekha 🌺Sharma has written to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to intervene and to take remedial action in the matter," it mention𓆉ed.
The chairperson has also written to Rajesh Bhushan, the Union health secretary, for initiating action in the matter to inf🎉orm the NCW about it within a week.
