Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight.

Policy News

• The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which increases the upper limit for abortions from 20 to 24 weeks for “special categories of women” has been passed in the parliament.
• The Women and Child Development Ministry has classified all its major programmes under three umbrella schemes – Mission Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya, and Mission Shakti for their effective implementation.
• The Jharkhand government has approved an employment policy that requires 75% of private sector jobs up to a salary of Rs 30,000 per month to be reserved for local people.
• The Delhi government is planning to set up special mohalla clinics for women in the next financial year. These clinics will offer free gynaecological services to women within walking distance from their homes.

Others

• Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and Amazon Web Services are set to announce new initiatives to strengthen and upskill companies building education technology solutions in India.
• According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, unemployment in urban areas rose to 20.9% in April-June 2020 from 9.1% in January-March 2020.