Member of NITI Aayog Bibek Debroy has said, law is not the only solution for child marriage problem in India. Addressing a conference today in New Delhi on status of child marriage in India, he said it is not easy to implement the law in a diverse country like India. Mr Debroy said, because of child marriage girls are deprived of education opportunity.
A one day conference has been organised by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Secretary, Ministry of women and child development Leena Nair, chairpersons of state child rights commission, Directors General of police and member secretaries of state legal service authority of 13 states besides NGOs working in the area are participating in the conference. The meeting is also being attended by the representatives of national Commissions for women, minorities, scheduled tribes and scheduled cast and other backward classes.
The focus of the consultation is on discussions on the current scenario of child marriage, legal perspectives to eliminate it and charting out detailed action plan in order to identify areas that require immediate attention. The conference is aimed at arriving at a broad consensus at ground level for the 13 States to tackle child marriage besides developing a set of Standard Operating Procedures.