News India Live, Digital Desk: JDS MLA from Mandya district of Karnataka has placed a special demand before the government in view of the problem of marriage of farmers in the state. He believes that youth in rural areas are facing great difficulty in finding a bride because most of the women are giving preference to employed boys.1. What is the demand of the MLA? The MLA has appealed to the Chief Minister that: Financial incentive: Girls who are ready to marry farmers should be given an incentive amount of Rs 2 lakh from the government. Sense of respect: This will change the attitude towards farmers in the society and farming will be seen as a respectable profession.2. Why was there a need for this? The MLA has enumerated many social and economic reasons behind this demand: Marriage crisis: Thousands of farmers in rural areas are unmarried because they are not able to find a life partner. Girls and their families are giving more importance to boys doing small jobs in the city rather than boys doing farming. Stopping migration: If marriages of farmers happen easily, then the youth will not leave farming and run away to cities, which will strengthen the rural economy.3. Such a demand has been raised earlier also. This is not the first time that such an issue has been raised in Karnataka. Earlier, former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had also expressed similar concerns. Thousands of youth in Mandya had undertaken a padyatra to ‘Malai Mahadeshwar Hills’ so that they could find a good bride. Government’s response: At present, no official seal has been given on this by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah or the government, but this proposal has sparked a new debate on social media. Some people are saying it is in the interest of farmers, while some are considering it a part of ‘patriarchal thinking’.