Parliamentary Panel Members Unwell, Talks On Marriage Age Bill Deferred

The much spoken about 'The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021' that proposes to raise the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years will not be discussed on Wednesday, Committee chairman Vinay Sahastrabuddhe said.

The Standing Committee for Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Wednesday in its meeting will discuss "The National Anti -Doping Bill 2021" referred to the Committee during the last Winter Session and will hear the views of Secretary, Department of Sports and other officials including Federation representatives.

The much spoken about 'The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021' that proposes to raise the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years will not be discussed on Wednesday, Committee chairman Vinay Sahastrabuddhe told ANI.

"We and will discuss Sports Ministry's Anti-Doping Bill and not Child Marriage as Members of Jaya Jaitley Committee are unwell and can't come to depose before the panel today," said Mr Sahastrabuddhe.

Several members of Parliament including Sushmita Deb and Priyanka Chaturvedi had objected to the composition of this committee which had only one woman MP in Deb.