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Why has the Government of India enacted this law to fix the minimum age of marriage as 18 in girls and 21 in boys ?

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(i) The Governemtn of India has enacted the law to fix the minimum age of marriage as 18 in girls and 21 in boys because at this age girls and boys become adults.
(ii) They have developed the secondary sexual characteristics , and they are physically and mentally ready to reproduce .
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