Source: PIB
Context: The Union Minister for Women and Child Development recently launched the “Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign”, a national initiative aimed at eradicating child marriage in India by engaging multiple stakeholders and leveraging technology.
- The campaign focuses on reducing child marriage rates to below 5% by 2029.
About Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign:
- Objective: To eliminate child marriage through collective efforts and focus on high-burden states and districts.
- Target States: West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Tripura, Assam, and Andhra Pradesh, along with nearly 300 high-burden districts.
- Child Marriage Free Bharat Portal: A platform to raise awareness, report cases, and monitor progress with real-time tracking by Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CMPOs).
- Monitoring Mechanism: Central nodal officers and state-level CMPOs will ensure accountability and support for affected individuals.
- Goal: Reduce child marriage rates to below 5% by 2029; rates have already dropped from 47.4% (2006) to 23.3% (2019-21).
- Awareness Drive: Public access to information and complaint registration via the portal.
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