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Adapted from the West, the law applies only to women working in companies with at least 10 employees. A mere 1.3% working women fit that criterion.
Working mothers-to-be in India have it better than most of their developed-world peers, but the country’s maternity laws may be just token gestures.
In 2017, the country passed the Maternity (Amendment) Bill that increased the right to paid maternity leave for working women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks – the third highest in the world.
Yet, there is a catch – the law is applicable only to those who work in a company with at least 10 employees. This is just a minuscule proportion of the small share of India’s working women, according to a new paper titled Premature Imitation and India’s Flailing State.
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