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January 14, 2022
Introduction The Indian government has tabled the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha, a bill aimed at increasing the minimum legal age of marriage for girls from 18...
January 12, 2022
India is witnessing a sharp surge in ‘panic’ or ‘distress’ weddings following the government’s proposal to raise the legal age women can wed from 18 to 21, the same as men. Girls in their late teens are being rushed into marriages by parents worried that the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 will become law and they will have...
January 3, 2022
Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has raised concerns over the make-up of a committee that is looking into a bill for raising the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21.
January 3, 2022
Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 2 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, tasked to review and report back on the controversial Bill to enhanc
January 3, 2022
Talking to Free Press Journal, Sushmita said that due to the ‘farsightedness’ of TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee that Trinamool Congress is the only party that has sent a woman representative in the standing committee examining the Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021.
January 3, 2022
"I wish there were more women MPs in the committee but, having said that, we will make sure all interest groups are heard," said TMC's Sushmita Dev.
January 2, 2022
NEW DELHI, Jan 2: The Parliamentary Panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members. The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, which will have wider influence over society especially females, was introduced in Lok Sabha during the winter session and referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports. The bill, piloted by the Women […]
January 2, 2022
The parliamentary panel that is examining the bill that seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women has only one woman member.
January 2, 2022
The TMC MP is the sole representive of the fairer sex in the 31-member team
January 2, 2022
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