Maternity Benefit Programme

New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday virtually halved the number of beneficiaries under its Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) by restricting the scheme to firstborns instead of ‘first two live births’ as applicable earlier. PTI had earlier reported that reduced allocation of funds of Rs 2700 crore for the scheme in the Union Budget 2...

The Modi government on Wednesday virtually halved the number of beneficiaries under its Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) by restricting the scheme to firstborns instead of 'first two live births' as applicable earlier.

The government today said no decision has been taken on limiting to the first child only the Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his televised address on the new year's eve.

According to the World Health Statistics (2016), nearly 5 women die every hour in India due to pregnancy and delivery related complications. 17 per cent of maternal deaths in the world occur in India. Based on the data from the Rapid Survey on Children (2013), only 65 per cent of children are exclusively breastfed up to six months of age. Infant an...

New Delhi: On a wintry morning of January in Delhi’s Connaught Place, a two-month-old baby, not yet named, sleeps outdoors under a blanket. Her mother, Shabana, who is a vendor, has brought her to work. In another part of the city, like Shabana, women daily wage workers take small breaks during work to be with their babies. These women are not ...

New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday virtually halved the number of beneficiaries under its Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) by restricting the scheme to firstborns instead of ‘first two live births’ as applicable earlier. PTI had earlier reported that reduced allocation of funds of Rs 2700 crore for the scheme in the Union Budget 2...

The Modi government on Wednesday virtually halved the number of beneficiaries under its Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) by restricting the scheme to firstborns instead of 'first two live births' as applicable earlier.

The government today said no decision has been taken on limiting to the first child only the Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his televised address on the new year's eve.

According to the World Health Statistics (2016), nearly 5 women die every hour in India due to pregnancy and delivery related complications. 17 per cent of maternal deaths in the world occur in India. Based on the data from the Rapid Survey on Children (2013), only 65 per cent of children are exclusively breastfed up to six months of age. Infant an...

New Delhi: On a wintry morning of January in Delhi’s Connaught Place, a two-month-old baby, not yet named, sleeps outdoors under a blanket. Her mother, Shabana, who is a vendor, has brought her to work. In another part of the city, like Shabana, women daily wage workers take small breaks during work to be with their babies. These women are not ...