A district autonomous council in Meghalaya has announced that it would introduce the \u2018Khasi Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n The bill is aimed at the \u201cequitable distribution\u201d of parental property among siblings in the Khasi community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If implemented, the proposed Bill would modify an age-old customary practice of inheritance of the matrilineal Khasi tribe. Moreover, the Bill has also brought into focus the practise of matriliny in Meghalaya.<\/span><\/p>\n The three tribes of Meghalaya \u2014 Khasis, Jaintias, and Garos \u2014 practise a matrilineal system of inheritance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In this system, lineage and descent are traced through the mother\u2019s clan. In other words, children take the mother\u2019s surname, the husband moves into his wife\u2019s house, and the youngest daughter (<\/span>khatduh<\/b>) of the family is handed over the full share of the ancestral \u2014 or the clan\u2019s \u2014 property.<\/span><\/p>\n The khatduh becomes the \u201ccustodian\u201d of the land and assumes all responsibility associated with the land, including taking care of aged parents, unmarried or destitute siblings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The khatduh cannot sell the property without the permission of her mother\u2019s brother (maternal uncle).<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, this inheritance tradition applies only to ancestral or clan\/community property which has been with the family for years. On the other hand, the self-acquired property can be distributed equally among siblings.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Explained: A proposed Bill and its possible ramifications in matrilineal Meghalaya<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express on 1st November, 2021<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? A district autonomous council in Meghalaya has announced that it would introduce the \u2018Khasi Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021\u2019. What is the purpose of Khasi Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021? The bill is aimed at the \u201cequitable distribution\u201d of parental property among siblings in the Khasi community.\u00a0 If implemented, the proposed… Continue reading Explained: A proposed Bill and its possible ramifications in matrilineal Meghalaya<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1731,7965,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-bill-and-acts","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700778169,"cached_date":1704874955},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is the purpose of Khasi Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021?<\/b><\/h5>\n
\u200b\u200b<\/span>What does matriliny in Meghalaya mean?<\/b><\/h5>\n