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Well, who would have thunk?

Further, the report says the age for sexual consent should be raised from 15 to 16 for all girls, regardless of marriage. (At present a male having sex with a minor “wife” aged below 15 is punishable under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code.)

The main gist of the article was to bring down the marriage-able age of boys from 21 to 18.

Original source is from Hindu.

PS: Hesitated for 1 second before I decided to publish this.