A leap backward for maternity entitlements
3 weeks, 2 days ago

A leap backward for maternity entitlements

The Hindu  

Even as State after State is splurging on cash transfers for women, the most vulnerable among them, pregnant women, continue to be deprived of their legal right to maternity benefits. Under the National Food Security Act 2013, all pregnant women are entitled to maternity benefits of ₹6,000 a child. Based on this information, we have estimated the PMMVY’s effective coverage, defined as the proportion of pregnant women who receive at least one instalment of PMMVY benefits. Central government spending on the PMMVY was at an all-time low of ₹870 crore in 2023-24 — barely one third of the corresponding figure five years earlier, that too in money terms.

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Andhra MP promises Rs 50,000 for women who have third girl child, cow for boy
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1 week, 4 days ago

Andhra MP promises Rs 50,000 for women who have third girl child, cow for boy

India Today  

Telugu Desam Party's Vizianagaram MP Kalisetty Appalanaidu announced incentives for women having a third child: Rs 50,000 for a girl child, and a cow if it's a boy. Naidu announced at a programme in Markapur, Prakasam district, that maternity leave would be granted to all women employees regardless of the number of children they have. A constable asked the Home …

Centre’s share in maternity benefit scheme is pending for nearly 2 lakh women, says Health Minister
1 year, 4 months ago

Centre’s share in maternity benefit scheme is pending for nearly 2 lakh women, says Health Minister

The Hindu  

The Centre’s share of ₹3,000 for the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana -Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme is pending for nearly 2 lakh beneficiaries in the State, and the issue is likely to be resolved in a month, Health Minister Ma. Mr. Subramanian reiterated that only ₹3,000 alone was pending, and the State Government’s amount was being granted, and …

Pregnant Working Women Entitled To Maternity Benefits, Can’t Be Barred Solely Due To Nature Of Employment: Delhi High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Pregnant Working Women Entitled To Maternity Benefits, Can’t Be Barred Solely Due To Nature Of Employment: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that pregnant working women are entitled to maternity benefits and cannot be denied reliefs under the Maternity Benefit Act, 2017, solely due to the nature of their employment. “There is nothing in the language of the Act or in its provisions which suggests that a working expecting woman would be barred from getting the …

Sonia asks Cong CMs to pay Rs 6,000 NFSA maternity benefit
5 years, 3 months ago

Sonia asks Cong CMs to pay Rs 6,000 NFSA maternity benefit

India TV News  

Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has written to all the party Chief Ministers to ensure that all eligible pregnant women and lactating mothers received Rs 6,000 as envisioned under the National Food Security Act, 2013. After ignoring the 2013 Act for more than three years, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government introduced the maternity benefit scheme -- Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana …

Opinion | India’s maternity laws need serious tweaking
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | India’s maternity laws need serious tweaking

Live Mint  

India will never put poverty in the museum unless we raise women’s labour force participation. A few remedial measures suggested in the TeamLease study for addressing and mitigating this issue include cost sharing between employer and government by way of reimbursement once the employer furnishes the proof of payment of maternity leave wage, slab-based tax rebates offered by the government …

Tamil Nadu shows the way on women-centric government schemes
7 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu shows the way on women-centric government schemes

Live Mint  

New Delhi/Chennai: In the end it was a small government It was an Rajeshwari, 48, received training in jewellery making from a non-governmental organisation based in Coimbatore. It is not the only successful women-centric scheme from the state government; it is one among many, making Tamil Nadu unique in state In 1987, the state government introduced financial assistance to pregnant …

Why Don’t Pregnant Women Trust The Govt’s Birth Services Scheme?
7 years, 11 months ago

Why Don’t Pregnant Women Trust The Govt’s Birth Services Scheme?

The Quint  

Cash and medical facilities offered under the Janani Suraksha Yojana are not sufficient incentives for pregnant women in India to take up institutional delivery services, a new study by an international group of researchers from India, Australia, and the UK, including Public Health Foundation of India, the University of Adelaide, and Lancaster University has revealed. The Centre launched the JSY …

Maternity Bill pregnant with possibilities: Will women benefit?
8 years ago

Maternity Bill pregnant with possibilities: Will women benefit?

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The landmark Maternity Benefit Bill 2016, passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, exactly a day after International Women’s Day has been widely welcomed by women activists as a historic moment in the country’s progress towards women’s rights. However, while the public sector will by and large follow the law of the land, will a subtle, unspoken discrimination against …

Modi's cash transfer scheme for pregnant women shortsighted, healthcare quality needs attention first
8 years, 2 months ago

Modi's cash transfer scheme for pregnant women shortsighted, healthcare quality needs attention first

Firstpost  

By Maya Palit On social media on 1 January, I came across many quips about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s New Year’s Eve speech. And were part of various other schemes like the Janani Suraksha Yojana launched in 2005 and the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, a centrally Although Modi did not spell out in his speech precisely the conditions that …

Amendment to Maternity Benefit Act is historic, but more needs to be done for women in India
8 years, 7 months ago

Amendment to Maternity Benefit Act is historic, but more needs to be done for women in India

Firstpost  

The recent amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act providing 26 weeks of maternity leave can be described as historic. If India can increase its women participation in labour force by 10 percentage points by 2025, it could increase its GDP by16 percent. India is among the few countries to witness a drastic decline in participation of women in work force, …

India Inc on Maternity Benefit Bill: Good step, will help retain female workforce
8 years, 7 months ago

India Inc on Maternity Benefit Bill: Good step, will help retain female workforce

Firstpost  

The move is expected to benefit about 1.8 million women in the organised sector and increase the strength of the working women force New Delhi - India Inc on Tursday welcomed the passage of Maternity Benefit Bill, 2016 in Rajya Sabha that provides for 26 weeks maternity leave. “This initiative would be a good step towards finding solutions to retain …

Women in unorganised sector should get maternity benefit: Tirath
11 years, 8 months ago

Women in unorganised sector should get maternity benefit: Tirath

Firstpost  

The Maternity Benefit Act regulates the employment of women for certain period before and after child-birth and is aimed at protection of their rights. New Delhi: Union Minister Krishna Tirath today pitched for extending maternity benefits under law to those working in the unorganised sector, comprising half of the women population, saying “discrimination” against them must be eliminated. “Almost half …

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