Sushmita Dev lone Woman in 31-member Panel to examine bill on raising legal age of marriage

Sushmita Dev lone Woman in 31-member Panel to examine bill on raising legal age of marriage

• The parliamentary standing committee constituted to examine “The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021” comprise of total 31 members, including only one women representative.
• Out of the total 31 members, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the sole woman representative in the committee.
• The Bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women in India from 18 to 21 to bring it at par with men.
• The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 seeks to amend the “Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006” and seven personal laws, which are:
• Indian Christian Marriage Act; the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act; the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act; the Special Marriage Act; the Hindu Marriage Act; and the Foreign Marriage Act. 

Points to Remember:

1. How many members are there in the parliamentary standing committee constituted to examine “The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021”?
2. How many women members are there?
3. Name of the lone women Representative in the panel?
4. The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 will amend which act?
5. The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks to raise the legal marriage age of women to? 21