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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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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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