Poorly nourished pregnant women are also badly overworked in rural India

Poorly nourished pregnant women are also badly overworked in rural India

India has one of the highest paid maternity benefits for working women in the world. But that law means nothing to most women in the country. Just 49% of those eligible for the central government maternity benefits scheme received any payment, according to the Jachcha Bachcha Survey conducted by economists Reetika Khera and Jean Drèze.