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The Maternity (Amendment) Bill 2017, an amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, was passed in Rajya Sabha on 11 August 2016, in Lok Sabha on 9 March 2017, [3] and received an assent from President of India on 27 March 2017. [4] The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 protects the employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles ...
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), previously known as the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, is a maternity benefit program run by the government of India. It was originally launched in 2010 and renamed in 2017. [1] [2] The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Countries With 100% Paid Maternity Leave. Country: Number of Weeks, Additional Info. Austria: 16, The payment period is prolonged to 12 weeks in case of premature/multiple births and in case of ...
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Out of the 196 countries in the world, there are 7 countries that do not have laws about paid maternity leave. The U.S. is the only developed country in that group of 7. Only 11% of women who work ...
Childbirth practices in India are shaped by the prevalence of religious customs [1] and joint-family living, India's young average population, the lower national average age at marriage, and disparities in social status and literacy between men and women. Inadequate maternal health care services in India are a result of poor organization, the ...
Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries. [4] The term "parental leave" may include maternity, paternity, and adoption leave; or may be used distinctively from "maternity leave" and "paternity leave" to describe separate family leave available to either parent to care for small children. [5]
LifeSpring Hospitals is an Indian hospital chain, which provides maternity care to women from the low-income group in Hyderabad, India. [1] Established in 2005, it is a 50-50 joint venture between $30-million Acumen Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofit global venture philanthropy fund and HLL Lifecare Limited, a Government of India-owned corporation and the largest manufacturer of condoms in the world.