India, Feb. 8 -- Recently, the 'Ministry of Women and Child Development' & 'Ministry of Labour and Employment' jointly convened an event aimed at charting a path for women-led development in India where government issued advisories for women employed in the construction sector.

As per the directive, maternity benefits and emoluments under 'PM Matru Vandana Yojana' will now also be extended to women in the construction sector, which is largely an unorganised sector in India. This will include access to safe and basic sanitation, creches, entitlement to 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for an adoptive or surrogate mother.

How this will make a huge difference to women in the unorganised sector

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