August 29, 2023
Maternity benefits in India: PMMVY’s unfulfilled promise
Inadequate provisions for pregnant women in the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana scheme highlight the concerning state of maternity benefits in India.
Reetika Khera
Reetika Khera is an associate professor of economics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. In the past, she has taught at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Delhi. She pursued her MA and PhD at the Delhi School of Economics and her MPhil at the University of Sussex. Reetika has written on issues of food security, NREGA, education, child nutrition, and elections in India for various journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Articles by Reetika Khera
January 21, 2022
Aadhaar: Six issues that must be addressed
From arbitrary exclusions to inadequate infrastructure, Aadhaar-related issues exclude India’s most marginalised communities from social welfare schemes.
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