The Law Commission in India is not in favor of reducing the age of consensual sexual intercourse from 18 years to 16 years under the POCSO Act.

In its 283rd report submitted to the Government of India, the Law Commission has said that the consequences of reducing the age of mutual consent from 18 years to 16 years will not be right.

The Law Commission has said that this will make it easier for adults to have sexual relations with a minor even if the minor consents to it.

This will also impact the ongoing campaign against child marriage and child trafficking. Also, this will make it more difficult for the investigating agencies to investigate against those accused of child sex crimes.

Currently in India, the age for consensual sexual intercourse is 18 years.

The Law Commission says that in an era when incidents of sexual crimes and luring crimes against children in cyberspace are increasing, reducing the age for consensual sexual intercourse can have extremely fatal consequences.

According to World Population Review, there is no age limit for consensual sexual intercourse in countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Libya etc.

According to the World Population Review, the age of consensual sexual intercourse is 11 years in Nigeria, 12 years in the Philippines, 14 years in Germany, 15 years in Thailand, 16 years in Japan, 17 years in Mexico, 18 years in India and 20 years in Nepal.

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