Include all children below 18 yrs under RTE: CRY
To reduce child marriages, advocacy group CRY (Child Rights and You) has demanded including all children below 18 years under the Right to Education Act. There are 4.5 crore married children in the seven northern states, highest being in Uttar Pradesh, it said. Lack of education is one of "the major hurdles in the abolition of child marriage", CRY added.