Patna: Young girls and women in the city have welcomed a child wedding bill solution (amendment), 2021 which has been introduced by the center in parliament to increase the age of legal marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.
The bill was introduced at Lok Sabha on Tuesday by the Union Minister for the development of Iranian women and children.
It was sent to the standing parliamentary committee for further discussion.
The decision came more than a year after PM Narendra Modi announced the plan during his independence day’s speech in 2020.
The agreement was based on the recommendations submitted to Niti Aayog in December 2020 by a central task force led by Jaya Jaitly, who was assigned by seeing.
Being “matters relating to the motherly age, the imperative reduces maternal mortality (MMR), an increase in nutritional levels and related problems”.
Welcoming Moving, Medha Verma, a boring resident of the canal, said, “Apart from health benefits, including reducing MMR, the new law will also break some gender stereotypes related to women.
When we talk about gender equality, why there must be a difference Three years at the age of marriage between girls and boys? The new law will also reduce social pressure in parents because they bring their daughters to marry the age when they have to care more about their studies and careers.
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, Rakshanda Ahmad, a city student, said, “This law will run far in reducing MMR and increasing nutritional level.
It will also give young girls the opportunity to be financially independent.
Young girls, who are forced by parents They are married at an early age, now it will be able to continue their studies.
Mature mindset acts like GAI backbone healthy family.
“Pooja Kumari, a civil service candidate, said,” The bill, if it passes, will break orthodox’s mindset related to a female marriage.
This is a pioneer step towards maintaining the health of young girls.
Also, the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the gap in women’s education.
Some children’s wedding cases were also reported.
The center step will damage the public misunderstanding of early marriage and will have positively impact on women’s health and education.
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