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Child Marriage in India
December 30 , 2025
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- India has pledged to end child marriage by 2030 under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
- The government launched the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyan and marked its first anniversary with a 100-day awareness campaign against child marriage.
- National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data show child marriage among women aged 18–29 declined from 47.4% in 2005-06 to 23.3% in 2019-21.
- Highest rates of child marriage are in West Bengal, Bihar, and Tripura, while Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan also show significant cases.
- 40% of girls from the poorest households marry before 18, compared to 8% from the wealthiest households.
- 48% of girls with no education are married before adulthood, compared to only 4% among educated girls.
- The Prevention of Child Marriage Act was enacted to prevented this in 2006
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