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Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign
January 14 , 2026
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- The government launched the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign to reduce child marriage by 10% by 2026 and eliminate it nationwide by 2030.
- The initiative was started in November 2024 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- It focuses on eradicating child marriages, especially among girls and marginalized communities.
- Balod district in Chhattisgarh became the country’s first child marriage-free district.
- Zero child marriages reported across 436 Gram Panchayats and 9 urban local bodies for two consecutive years.
- Surajpur district, also in Chhattisgarh, declared 75 village panchayats as Child Marriage-Free Panchayats in September 2025.
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