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The Union Cabinet has introduced a bill to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. Here are four initiatives by IAS officers, local communities and civil society that show us how this can be done better.

T Bhoobalan, CEO of Bagalkot Zilla Parishad in Karnataka, adopted a multi-pronged approach to tackle the sharp increase in child marriages amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.