CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -61st constitutional amendment 1989reduced the age of voting eligibility from 21 years to 18 years. Citizen who is above 18 years has a Voting Right without any discrimination.

Detailed explanation-2: -Earlier, the age for registration of a voter was 21 years. Through the 61st amendment Act, 1988 of the Constitution read with Act 21 of 1989 amending the R.P. Act, 1950, the minimum age of registration of a voter has been brought down to 18 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -India was one of the first countries in the world to allow all adults above the age of 21 years to vote from the very first democratic election that was held. The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 in the year 1989.