LEAST AGE FOR MARRIAGE OF WOMEN FROM 18 TO 21: CABINET CLEARS PROPOSAL

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New Delhi:

The proposition to raise the base time of marriage for ladies from 18 to 21 was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, a year later Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the arrangement is under survey.

Head of the state Modi, during his Independence Day discourse last year, had made a notice of the proposition.

"This administration is continually worried about the wellbeing of little girls and sisters. To save the little girls from ailing health, it is important that they're hitched at the right age," the Prime Minister had said.

By and by, the base time of marriage for men is 21 however for ladies, it is 18.

The public authority is looking at changes to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, Special Marriage Act, and the Hindu Marriage Act to bring the arrangement right into it.

A NITI Aayog team headed by Jaya Jaitly had supported the proposition.

Top government master VK Paul, senior authorities of the Health Ministry, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Law Ministry were among the individuals from the team, which was set up in June last year.

The suggestions on the proposition were submitted in December as the team focused on a lady should be no less than 21 years of age at the hour of first pregnancy. The deferral in relationships has a positive monetary, social, and wellbeing sway on families, society, and kids, it said.

Inviting the move, Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan told NDTV, "This is a decent choice. This will allow an opportunity to the young ladies to concentrate on additional. They will actually want to partake in their freedom. They will likewise improve work openings."

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