February 13, 2025

Current Context : Union women and child development minister recently launched the “Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign”.

About ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ Campaign:

  • Initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development on November 27, 2024.
  • Aims to eliminate child marriage in India as part of the larger Viksit Bharat @2047

Focus Areas:

  • Targets seven high-burden states: West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Tripura, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh.
  • Includes nearly 300 high-burden districts with child marriage rates above the national average.

Goals:

  • Reduce child marriage rates to below 5% by 2029.
  • Engage multiple stakeholders and communities to foster societal change.

Child Marriage Free Bharat Portal:

  • Centralized platform to raise awareness, report cases, and track progress.
  • Enables real-time monitoring of complaints by Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CMPOs).
  • Facilitates public participation in reporting cases and raising awareness.

Achievements:

  • Child marriage rates have significantly dropped from 4% in 2006to 23.3% in 2019-21.

Public Engagement:

  • Encourages citizens to take a pledge against child marriage, with a target of engaging 25 crore people.
  • Involves local communities, government bodies, and NGOs to enhance impact.
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