Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed health and medical education. He stressed improving treatment quality and expanding s...

The Madras High Court ruled that the government cannot discriminate in approving maternity benefits, including for third pregnancies. A div...

Pensioner groups Bharat Pensioners Samaj (BPS) and NCCPA have raised concerns with the 8th Pay Commission regarding its memorandum submissi...

In states like Tamil Nadu and Odisha, maternity benefits are relatively superior, both in terms of what they offer, and the number of benef...

The finance ministry had wanted to know the labour ministry’s intent behind the scheme and had sought clarifications on the proposal twice.

The scheme, which aims to provide partial compensation for wage loss to women during pregnancy and a cash incentive of Rs 6,000, has so far...

The ministry has estimated that about Rs 400 crore would be the financial implication for the Ministry of Labour and Employment to implemen...

According to senior officials at the Women and Child Development ministry, after ‘initial’ hiccups’ all states have now come on-board.

The court also directed the government to widely publicise the benefits of such schemes and the requirements for registration as many women...

An initial amount of Rs 2,700 crore was announced for the scheme during Union Budget 2017 but it was later revised to Rs 2,500 crore.

Total beneficiaries of the scheme are estimated to be 51.6 lakh but only 2.1 lakh have been registered with the government as per official ...

The letter also demands that the Centre's contribution to old-age pensions under the National Old Age Pension Scheme should be raised from ...

The labour ministry has prepared a draft on 'Labour Code on Social Security and Welfare, 2017' and placed it on ministry's website in March...

Pregnant women and lactating mothers are eligible to receive a cash benefit of Rs 5,000 in three instalments through direct benefit transfe...

Arun Jaitley may in his third Union Budget to be presented on February 1 seek to reflect government's priority on addressing critical issue...

The ministry has geared up to provide this sustenance to women in unorganised sector after Rajya Sabha passed the Maternity Benefit Bill 20...

The Supreme Court today sought the response from the Centre on a plea seeking distribution of subsidised foodgrains to the poor through PDS.