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100			_aSinha, Dipa
245			_aRealising universal maternity entitlements: lessons from Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
260			_c2016
300			_ap.49-55.
362			_a20 Aug
520			_an India, most of the work women do is invisible and unrecognised because it is done outside the boundaries of the formal economy. As a result, the laws pertaining to maternity entitlements reach a very limited number of women. The National Food Security Act, 2013 was the first national-level legislation to recognise the right of all women to maternity entitlements and wage compensation. Since the passage of the act, India has been using an existing conditional cash transfer scheme, the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, to implement this entitlement. An examination of the implementation of defined maternity entitlements under the act via a conditional cash transfer, highlights the failure of such a programme to uphold the spirit of the act. Amendments to the act are necessary to ensure that the most vulnerable women are able to realise their right to maternity entitlements, wage compensation, health and nutrition. - Reproduced.
650			_aMaternity leave
650			_aIndira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
650			_aWomen
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a112278
999			_c112273 _d112273