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The clearance is based on recommendations submitted to Niti Aayog in December 2020 by the Centre\u2019s task force, headed by Jaya Jaitly.<\/p>\n<p>The task force was constituted to examine \u201cmatters pertaining to the age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate), improvement of nutritional levels and related issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2021\/12\/union-cabinet-clears-bill-increasing-marriage-age-for-women-to-21-years\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Cabinet clears a proposed bill to increase the legal age of marriage for women from 18 years to 21 years. The Cabinet passed a proposed bill increasing the age of marriage from 18 to 21 years, which is the same as men, on Wednesday. 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