Committee set up to deliberate on minimum marriage age of women: Modi

PM Modi on Saturday said the government is deliberating on what should be the minimum age of marriage for women and has set up a committee to look into the matter. ​​​Addressing the nation on India's 74th Independence Day, Modi covered a range of issues related to women, including their role in the armed forces, economic empowerment, the effort to recruit them in the NCC and the government's scheme to provide sanitary napkins at Rs 1.