Ranchi: Nearly 32% of women in Jharkhand will get married before the age of legal 18 years now, data from the recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has revealed when the cabinet union recently cleared the proposal to raise the age of the law.
marriage for women up to 21 years.
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The survey report, which was released last month, stated that 36% of all rustic women were between 20 and 24 years of marriage before they were 18 years old.
Likewise, around 19% of women in the age group 20-24 were married before they reached 18 years.
However, underage marriage has fallen in the last five years.
“We welcome the decision of the central government to increase the age of marriage to women and will work according to applying these provisions.
The implementation will be carried out at any cost.
The main challenge here is to make people aware of this problem, especially in rural belts.
People Here it has taboo and customs of their own.
People believe that after a certain age, there will be difficulties in ‘kanyadan’.
But to avoid instances, district task forces and administrative administration handle them to prevent these cases.
If the administration decides for Eradicate such cases, then nothing is impossible.
But at the same time it is expected that the community will report such cases if they know about them, “said Anil Kumar, Nodal Officer, a national health mission, family planning.
The lack of awareness among the rural population was quoted as the main reason for underage marriage.
Sunita Yadav Social Workers said, “The country only creates awareness in rural areas.
Both the government and NGOs do not raise their voices towards this practice.
Sad to see girls getting married at an early age.
This social crime can only be removed when the government and people Hand in hand.
“Recently, Minister of Youth Affairs Hafizul Hassan has caused controversy by demanding the age of a legal marriage for women reduced to 16 years.
The NFHS survey said 32% of women in the state were married before 18
