West Bengal recorded 60,000 underage institutional deliveries in first six months of 2026: CM
West Bengal reported around 60,000 births to girls under 18 in institutional settings during the first half of 2026, according to Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. He announced that individuals involved in child marriages will face arrests, and families found violating the law will lose eligibility for both state and central government social welfare financial schemes.