Government To Revise The Minimum Marriageable Age For Women In India A parliamentary committee will examine the stalled bill aiming to unify the legal marriage age for men and women in india. the committee will hear from government officials and advocacy groups about the proposed changes, which would raise the minimum marriage age for women to 21. Prime minister narendra modi on saturday said the government was deliberating on what should be the minimum age of marriage for women and had set up a committee to look into the matter.
Panel Formed To Reconsider Minimum Marriageable Age For Women The New delhi: the parliamentary panel assigned the task to study the ‘prohibition of child marriage (amendment) bill, 2021’ that seeks to raise the age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 bringing it on par with men has been given yet another extension by rajya sabha chairman jagdeep dhankhar. In 2020, the central government set up a task force (chairperson: ms jaya jaitly) to examine the correlation between the age of marriage and the mother, and the child’s health. the committee suggested increasing the age of marriage for females to 21. The union cabinet passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, making it the same as men. presently, the minimum age of marriage for men is 21 but for women, it is 18. Over 100 civil society bodies have urged the government to not increase women’s minimum age of marriage. they have claimed that the move “will not further gender equality, women’s rights or empowerment of girls.”.
Committee Set Up To Reconsider Minimum Age Of Marriage For Women Pm Modi The union cabinet passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, making it the same as men. presently, the minimum age of marriage for men is 21 but for women, it is 18. Over 100 civil society bodies have urged the government to not increase women’s minimum age of marriage. they have claimed that the move “will not further gender equality, women’s rights or empowerment of girls.”. Bjp ruled uttarakhand is set to convene a special assembly session to pass ucc bill based on expert committee report, which retains women's minimum marriage age at 18. Pm in his i day speech has announced that the central government has set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age of marriage for women during his address to the nation on the 74th independence day. A bill to raise the minimum marriageable age of women to 21 from 18 was introduced in the lok sabha in 2021. three years later, the bill will lapse at the end of the current lok sabha session, also the last session of the 17th lok sabha. The government is likely to decide on revising the minimum age of marriage for girls, said pm modi. the decision would be made after it received a report by a committee set up for this purpose. he was speaking at the 75th anniversary of the food and agriculture organisation.
Pdf Women And The Policy Process Minimum Marriageable Age Policy Bjp ruled uttarakhand is set to convene a special assembly session to pass ucc bill based on expert committee report, which retains women's minimum marriage age at 18. Pm in his i day speech has announced that the central government has set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age of marriage for women during his address to the nation on the 74th independence day. A bill to raise the minimum marriageable age of women to 21 from 18 was introduced in the lok sabha in 2021. three years later, the bill will lapse at the end of the current lok sabha session, also the last session of the 17th lok sabha. The government is likely to decide on revising the minimum age of marriage for girls, said pm modi. the decision would be made after it received a report by a committee set up for this purpose. he was speaking at the 75th anniversary of the food and agriculture organisation.
With A Progressive Mindset The Indian Government Is To Change The A bill to raise the minimum marriageable age of women to 21 from 18 was introduced in the lok sabha in 2021. three years later, the bill will lapse at the end of the current lok sabha session, also the last session of the 17th lok sabha. The government is likely to decide on revising the minimum age of marriage for girls, said pm modi. the decision would be made after it received a report by a committee set up for this purpose. he was speaking at the 75th anniversary of the food and agriculture organisation.
Uniform Minimum Marriageable Age Of Girls Proposed To Be 21 Years