Union Cabinet approves to raise Women’s Marriage age to 21

• On December 15, 2021, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal of increasing marriage age for women from 18 years to 21 years.

• This proposal was approved a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this in August 2020, during the Independence Day address.

• Currently, the minimum age of marriage for men is 21 while for women it is 18.