To marry in India, you must have a toilet!!!

To participate in a mass marriage ceremony in the
Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, there
was just one requirement for grooms-to-be: prove
they owned a toilet.
In an effort to improve sanitation (India's 2011 census
revealed that less than half of Indian homes had a toilet)
, the local government required any groom who wished
to participate in Monday's mass marriage ceremony to
send a photo of themselves with their toilet, or prove
their intent to install one within 30 days of their
wedding, the Times of India reported Tuesday.
The initiative is part of the state's Mukhyamantri
Kanyadan Yojna (MKY), a program launched in 2006 to
help poor women marry. Under the MKY, the state
pays for couples to participate in mass marriage
ceremonies and awards them housewarming gifts
worth 15,000 rupees ($270), according to Slate.
The toilet requirement, which requires groom to prove
that their homes contain a toilet in order to receive the
MKY benefits, was added in 2011. More than 1,700
couples have married under the MKY this year,
according to The Wall Street Journal. One hundred
eighty-four couples participated in Monday's
ceremony.
In addition to hygienic concerns, MKY attempts to
address the problem of women and girls being raped
when they go out to relieve themselves in the open
(especially in the early morning or late evening). The
BBC reported earlier this month that 400 women
would have "escaped" rape last year if they had a toilet
in their home.