Overview

• Tripura’s government is formally examining legal provisions and holding stakeholder consultations to introduce mandatory pre-registration of all social weddings with birth certificate verification
• The proposed framework seeks to enforce India’s minimum marriage ages of 18 for women and 21 for men by confirming ages before registration
• Data from the state’s Social Education and Social Welfare Department shows Tripura ranks third nationally in child marriage incidents behind West Bengal and Bihar
• The reform drive follows a local minority community activist’s recognition by the President for campaigning against child marriage
• Chief Minister Manik Saha has also ordered intensified law enforcement to target prominent figures involved in the state’s drug trade