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Child Marriage: Jharkhand tops the list of child marriages, in Bengal 55% of girls are married before attaining the age of 21 years
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Child Marriage: Jharkhand tops the list of child marriages, in Bengal 55% of girls are married before attaining the age of 21 years

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New Delhi: Marriage before a certain age is a crime in the eyes of the law. For this, the minimum age of marriage for boys and girls has been fixed. But in different parts of the country girls are married before a certain age. In many cases, girls are married as minors. What is the…

Girl child marriage highest in Jharkhand, govt seems indifferent – Lagatar English
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Girl child marriage highest in Jharkhand, govt seems indifferent – Lagatar English

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MANISH GUPTA Ranchi, Sept 26: Jharkhand has the highest percentage of girls being married before they attain 18 years of age, as per the latest demographic survey brought out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs. “The percentage of females who got effectively married before reaching 18 years…