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Write a note on the law against the child marriage

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Child marriage in India, according to the Indian law, is a marriage where either the woman is below age 18 or the man is below age 21. Most child marriages involve underage women, many of whom are in poor socio-economic conditions.

Child marriages were prevalent in India. Estimates vary widely between sources as to the extent and scale of child marriages. The International Center for RESEARCH on Women-UNICEF publications have estimated India's child marriage rate to be 47% from small sample surveys of 1998,[1] while the United NATIONS REPORTS it to be 30% in 2005.[2] The Census of India has counted and reported married women by age, with proportion of females in child marriage falling in each 10 year census period since 1981. 



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