Question

Our government has legalised the age of marriage in boys and girls. Give reasons as to why one should get married after a certain age.

Answer 1

Reproductive health relates to physical, social, behavioural and social fitness with physically and functionally normal reproductive organs. Reproductively healthy and physically healthy populations lead to a healthy society.

Complete Answer:
Our government has legalised the age of marriage for a girl is 18 and for boys is 21. This act was put forth in 1950 but got approval in 1978. One of the major reason to pass this act is to stop child marriage. The demerits of child marriage are child gives birth to a child at that time female was not emotionally or mentally fit that they can handle responsibility after marriage couple was unable to continue his studies, early marriage lead to deformities in both mother and foetus, mortality rate increase, increase chances of sexually transmitted disease, female become weak and prone to disease. Because of all that marriage at a certain age is necessary and child marriage should be prohibited.

Additional information: India was the first country who initiated family planning in 1951, and in 1997 India launched a Reproductive and Child health care programme. Major goals of this programme are reproductive health, child health and family regulation. Reproductive health will be improved with improvement in general awareness, sex education, family welfare information, sex determination and research for contraceptive pills.
Contraceptives are the device which prevents pregnancy without interfering reproductive health. Contraceptive is user friendly without any side effect. Contraception includes barriers like condoms, IUDs like cuT, oral contraceptive like pills, hormone implant and surgical method. Contraception is mainly useful for safe sex and to maintain the age gap between a child.

Note: With an increase in the development of the country, governments are still trying to increase the age of marriage from 18 to 21 for girls and from 21 to 25 for boys to stop domestic violence, dowry, compatibility issues and divorce.