Bill to equalize marriage age for men and women in India raises controversy

In India, a bill in Parliament proposes that the age of marriage for women gets raised to 21. The current legal age for men is 21, and for women, 18. India has many illegal marital unions between children and adults, but arguments have emerged from activists and parliamentarians as to why this is a bad move. Chhavi Sachdev reports from Mumbai.

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