Question

What are the effects of reducing the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

• Teenagers might think of politics and government seriously.
• It would increase the sense of responsibility among the teenagers.
• Issues faced by young people would also be raised in order to attract them to vote
• It would engage most age groups in the civil activities.
• It would spread awareness among the youth and they can advocate for their rights.  

Answer 2

i) Earlier the Indian Constitution had fixed the voting age of 21 years.

ii) The voting age was lowered to 18 years.

iii) The young voters secured the right to vote and the increased number of voters was unparalleled.

iv) They got the right to decide how their representatives should be.

v) However, it provided to the unrepresented youth an opportunity to become part of political process being literate and politically conscious.

vi) It increased the scope of democracy by including the youth of the country thus making the largest democracy in the world.