Higher Education in India-An Analysis
The problems that confront higher education in India today are: low rates of enrolment, unequal access, poor quality of infrastructure and lack of relevance. Another challenge that confronts India is…
New Family Planning Initiatives
New IEC campaign launched : Mission Parivar Vikas: “Mission Parivar Vikas will focus on 146 high fertility districts in 7 states with high TFR. Under this, specific targeted initiatives shall…
The high cost of ageing
Ageing & Non-Communicable Disease The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017, is long on banalities and short on specifics. In a somewhat glaring omission, little has been said about the rapid…
Written-off in the hinterland
The Editorial mainly focuses on impact of education on rural life Our education system has failed to integrate the rural into the larger political community, the nation. The impact of education…
Maternity Benefit Act
Almost 56 years after the enactment of the Maternity Benefit Act of 1961, Parliament introduced much-needed amendments to the law in a statutory recognition of the women workforce’s contributions to…
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2017-The Shortfalls
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2017, passed by Parliament last week, has made 26 weeks of paid maternity leave mandatory for all women employed in the organised sector. The more…
Other Side of Maternity Benefit Bill
The enhancement of paid maternity leave for women in the organised sector to 26 weeks from 12 is a progressive step, one that should lead to closer scrutiny of the…
Highlights of The Maternity Benefit Bill
A day after the world celebrated the International Women's Day, the Parliament passed a bill to increase the maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks that will benefit about…
India’s accession to Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
The Ministry of Women and Child Development held a National Consultation to discuss issues related to India’s accession to Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, in…