knowledge questions magazine in english published this article page no 129 not a solution for child marriage even with the legal age of marriage for women being kept at 18 years child marriages continue in india and a decrease in such marriages has not been because of the existing law but because of increase in girls education and employment opportunities. o it is therefore argued that instead of legally increasing the minimum marital age the root cause of child marriage like poverty & lack of education should be addressed in order to bring about a value change in society.safest age for pregnancy mortality experienced by the cohort aged 20 years to 24 years (roughly those marrying at ages 18 years and higher) is by far the lowest of all age groups.abuse of law the law would end up being coercive and in particular negatively impact marginalised communities such as the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes making them lawbreakers. o also the amendment could push a large portion of the population into illegal marriages.contradicts with other laws a person upon reaching the age of 18 could vote but could not exercise the right of choice to marry. o furthermore as per the 2013 criminal law amendment act age of consent for sexual activity is 18 years. now there are anticipation among social activists that the age of consent would be further raised to 21 to bring it on a par with the revised age of marriage of women. o similarly the child labour (prohibition and regulation) (amendment) act 2016 allows adolescent in the age group of 1418 years to work except in hazardous occupations and processes. but the proposed legislation prohibits married below 21 years of the age knowledge questions magazine in english buy.
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