Tag: Women Marriage Age

The median age at first marriage for women aged 25-49 is higher among Jain women (22.7 years), Christian women (21.7 years), and Sikh women (21.2 years) than women from all other specific religions (18.7-19.7 years), the NFHS said.

The Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) has opposed the Centre's decision to increase the minimum legal age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years. Instead, the rights body has recommended in favour of bringing down the minimum marriage age for men to 18.