Govt putting price on mother's love?

The Government is considering a bizarre proposal to give doles to housewives for their toil at home. But the proposal, which would reduce housewives to the status of salaried workers, has drawn sharp criticism from women activists. Making a fresh bid for the Bill proposing “honorarium” for housewives, Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath has shot off letters to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) and Labour Ministry to “recognise and make visible the full extent of work of women.”

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