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Reproductive rights, population control, and more: What Supreme Court said on maternity leaves in recent ruling

May 28, 2025 4:20 pm

Fundamental Rule 101(a), pertaining to the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1961, addresses the eligibility criteria for maternity leave of state government servants in India.

Are your pregnancy costs being covered by insurance? Here’s all you need to know before planning a baby

June 25, 2024 11:00 pm

Most policies do not cover hefty expenses, have sub-limits and leave out pregnancy-related complications, say experts

Indian Railways women train drivers maternity benefit leave

Female train drivers, who suffered miscarriages, plead with railways to honour Maternity Benefit Act

May 25, 2024 6:51 pm

The group of women train drivers have written to the Railway Board, saying the Act prohibits an employer to engage a pregnant woman in a job of arduous nature as it can interfere with her pregnancy.

Can’t deny maternity benefits due to nature of employment: Delhi HC

August 25, 2023 8:35 am

The HC added that the Act which grants certain reliefs to expecting or new mothers when in fact the reliefs should come as a “matter of right to the women employees who may be in that position”.

Ahead of Budget 2023-24, economists demand increase in social security pension and maternity benefits

December 05, 2022 5:29 pm

According to the letter, the central government's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) has stagnated at just Rs 200 per month since 2006.

A fatherhood more fulfilling

November 08, 2020 8:05 pm

The lack of adequate paternity leave takes away from equal gender relations at home and in the workplace.

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Top economists write to Arun Jaitley on delay in roll-out of maternity benefit programme

December 22, 2017 5:18 pm

The letter is signed by 60 economists, including Jean Dreze, Jayati Ghosh, Kirit Parikh and Sukhadeo Thorat.

Maternity (Amendment) Bill: Looks good on paper, but there's more to it than what meets the eye

March 10, 2017 3:36 pm

While India may be ahead of the United States (which gives its women employees 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave), our Maternity Bill leaves out a large section of women in the unorganized sector -- and that's a colossal setback.