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17 Aug, 2020
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GS-II | Minimum Age of Marriage for Girls | |
National Health Policy 2017 | ||
RTI on PM-CARES Fund | ||
PT Pointer | Darknet: |
Minimum Age of Marriage for Girls
Context
About the Committee (Jaya Jaitley Committee):
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study
Arguments Against Increasing the Minimum Age of Marriage of Women:
Present Age for Marriage
Background:
Different Legal Age of Marriage for Men and Women
Against the Supreme Courts’ Following Judgements:
Way Forward
Source: TH
National Health Policy 2017
Features
Targets:
Source: TH
RTI on PM-CARES Fund
Context
News:
Criticism:
Issues in PM CARES Fund:
Background:
Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005
Section 8 of the RTI Act, 2005
This provides for exemption from disclosure of information such as-
Source: TH
Dark Net Vs Deepweb
Source: TH
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