{"id":1056,"date":"2021-12-16T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anticorruptiontv.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:37:31","slug":"central-cabinet-approval-increasing-minimum-age-of-marriage-for-indian-girls-from-18-to-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anticorruptiontv.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/16\/central-cabinet-approval-increasing-minimum-age-of-marriage-for-indian-girls-from-18-to-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Cabinet approval-Increasing minimum age of marriage for Indian girls from 18 to 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0The <strong>Union Cabinet<\/strong> on Wednesday approved the proposal to raise the marriage age limit for <strong>women from 18 to 21 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The marriage age of young girls is fixed at 18 years.\u00a0It will be reconsidered.\u00a0<strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/strong> had said in his 2020 Independence Day speech that a committee would be formed for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>After one and a half years, the Central Cabinet has put forward its implementation.\u00a0The age limit of motherhood, of course, rises as the child-infant mortality rate in the country is reduced, nutritional deficiencies are increased and women&#8217;s marriage age limits are increased.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Government has created a task force to look into the issue and take a look at some of the problems.\u00a0On the recommendation of this Task Force, the proposal was approved by the Central Cabinet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to raise the marriage age limit for women from 18 to 21 years. 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