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 audit.
State head Modi, during his Independence Day discourse last year, had made a notice of the proposition.
“This administration is continually worried about the wellbeing of girls and sisters. To save the little girls from unhealthiness, it is essential 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 yet 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
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 autonomy. They will likewise improve business openings.”
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 audit.
State head Modi, during his Independence Day discourse last year, had made a notice of the proposition.
“This administration is continually worried about the wellbeing of girls and sisters. To save the little girls from unhealthiness, it is essential 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 yet 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
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 autonomy. They will likewise improve business openings.”