New Delhi: The government on Friday raised concerns over prevalence of child marriages in the country which has shown an increasing trend in last three years.

In her written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said that the National Crime Records Bureau data for three years from 2011 to 2013 shows an increasing trend in child marriages. The minister said, 222 cases of child marriage was reported in 2013, 169 in 2012, while 2011 had recorded 113 such marriages in different parts of the country.