Policy Review
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India’s generous maternity leave policy fails to cover 99% of women who need it
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.
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
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Steep fines alone won’t make India’s roads safer
There is a need to move beyond fear, say experts.
Sangeeta Tanwar, qz.com
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India should make cooking gas cheaper for the poor and more expensive for the rich, says a new study
With these two changes, the central government’s Ujjwala scheme can help poor families end their dependence on firewood and cow dung.
Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the brain’s clock speeds up around middle age can determine future health and dementia
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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How Modi’s crop insurance scheme benefits private insurers far more than it does farmers
Insurers retained under 12% of the public money that went into earlier crop insurance programmes, the rest was given to farmers. Now they retain up to 44%.
Kannan Kasturi
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Modi’s ambitious crop insurance scheme is failing. Here are the hard facts
Rapid increase in enrolment was to be the hallmark of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. Instead, coverage is shrinking.
Kannan Kasturi