India News: Youth Today can decide much at 16
  • 5 years ago
The Group of Ministers (GoM), constituted to resolve the differences over the anti-rape Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, resolved this evening to recommend lowering the minimum age for consensual sex from 18 to 16 years.The panel, chaired by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, also has recommended making "stalking and voyeurism" non-bailable offences. Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath, who was opposed to lowering the age of consent, was reportedly isolated, with the home and law ministries in favour of the change.
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