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'1 In 5 Girls': The Latest Data On Child Marriage In India Will Shock You

While child marriages in India reduced from 47.4 % to 23.3 % in 2019-21 since the introduction of the Prevention of Child Marriage Act in 2006, one in five girls in India is still married before reaching the legal age of 18 years.

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