Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani will introduce the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha today.
As per Hindustan Times news, Union cabinet minister for women and child development Smriti Irani moves Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill. She says that “women equality" in India requires to be seen in "age of marriage." “Invoking different marriage laws of different faiths, I rise to introduce the amendment bill,” she adds
The Centre is expected to table a bill to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, this week raising the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, making it at par with men
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