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Committee set up to reconsider minimum age of marriage for women: PM Modi

Committee set up to reconsider minimum age of marriage for women: PM Modi

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New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that a committee has been set up to reconsider minimum age of marriage for women and appropriate action will be taken after a report is submitted.
"We have set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age for marriage of our daughters. We will take appropriate decision after the committee submits its report," he said while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
The Prime Minister also said that the country is determined to provide equal opportunities for self-employment and employment to women.
"Whenever women received opportunity, they made India proud and strengthened it. Today, the nation is determined to provide equal opportunities for self-employment and employment to them. Today women are working in coal mines, our daughters are touching the skies while flying fighter planes," he said. (ANI)

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