MATERNITY BENEFIT BILL AND THE QUESTION OF PATERNITY LEAVE
The pressures and compulsions of modernity have pushed the woman today into a lot of moulds that tend to derogate from her role of motherhood. On Mother’s Day today we re-visit the introduction of the maternity benefit bill, which was a long-due acknowledgement of this vital role of women and their needs to fulfil that function in emotionally and physically healthy conditions.
An observation of the Hon'ble Minister of Women and Child Development, Ms. Maneka Gandhi, during the introduction of the ...
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