Chandigarh, June 28: The Haryana government, in a much needed step, has waged a war on the practice of dowry. The Manohar Lal Khattar government has issued a directive asking all male employees to submit the record of gifts that they receive from their in-laws in cash or kind.

The directive says that employees would submit an undertaking in writing that if and when they enter into marital alliance, they would strictly comply with anti-dowry law in letter and spirit. "He would also furnish full details of all the articles of property and amounts of money received by him from his in-laws in any name or manner, whatsoever," the directive said.

"Haryana government has decided that every serving government employee will submit the undertaking as prescribed in rule 18(2) of Haryana Civil Services (Government Employees Conduct) Rules, 2016," it added.

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