Pregnancy can be harrowing for Indian women but the Centre has hollowed out maternity entitlements

Jean Drèze Reetika Khera

· Jun 27, 2023 · 09:00 am

Rush Hour podcast: India leads the world in maternal, stillbirth and neonatal deaths

Scroll Staff

· May 10, 2023 · 07:42 pm

Afraid of arrest, Assam’s pregnant teens skip hospitals, turn to home births and abortion pills

Rokibuz Zaman

· Feb 11, 2023 · 06:30 am

In Chhattisgarh, 97% applications for maternity benefits remain stuck at the registration stage

Vipul Kumar Paikra, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 18, 2020 · 01:30 pm

How Aadhaar is making it harder for Indian women to access their maternity benefits

Reetika Khera

· Dec 07, 2019 · 06:30 am

Indian states are failing to help mothers – and UP is the worst

Aarefa Johari

· Nov 21, 2019 · 09:00 am

How every level of India’s healthcare system failed a pregnant woman in Bundelkhand

Khabar Lahariya

· Feb 10, 2019 · 07:30 am

Pollutants in the air can enter placentas, threatening both mother and baby: Study

Sahana Ghosh

· Oct 27, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Through baby steps, women of Andhra Pradesh’s Araku Valley are being taught about maternal health

Basudev Mahapatra

· Jul 24, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Pregnant women in UP are dying, failed by a system that relies on overworked health workers

Priyanka Vora

· Dec 19, 2017 · 02:30 pm

The government promises free ultrasounds but pregnant women are still paying large sums for the test

Priyanka Vora

· Jun 28, 2017 · 03:46 pm

Childbirth expenses are pushing 47% of Indian women into poverty

Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com

· May 23, 2017 · 09:30 pm

The Trump gag rule hits India: Organisations asked to declare they do not provide abortion services

Menaka Rao

· Apr 06, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Uttar Pradesh has a free ambulance service for pregnant women but substandard hospitals

Menaka Rao

· Feb 08, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Women in a slum near Mumbai have found a 'mobile friend' to help them through pregnancy

Priyanka Vora

· Jan 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Mothers, babies in peril: 343 hospitals in 6 states struggle with hygiene, toilets

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 26, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Young mothers are dying in Assam’s tea gardens – at a rate higher than anywhere in India

Devjyot Ghoshal

· Jul 23, 2016 · 02:30 pm