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印度政府出台6个月的产假政策In the words of India’s labor minister, women have just been given a humble gift of six months paid maternity leave. Experts say it could sour very quickly.用印度劳工部长的话说，才给印度女性送了一份“卑微的礼物”——6个月的产假。不过专家表示，很快这可能起到反作用。The new policy -- which became law Wednesday -- more than doubles the time off for working Indian mothers, and means the country now has more generous maternity leave than the U.S., Japan and France.这项于星期三正式成为法规的新政策，将女性带薪休假时间翻番，这意味着印度产假时长已超过美国、日本和法国。The Indian government hopes to encourage more women -- less than 30% of whom are employed -- to enter the workforce. But employers and recruitment experts fear it could have the opposite effect, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses.印度政府希望更多的女性走入职场——当前印度女性就业人数比重低于30%。不过雇主和招聘专家则担心此举可能适得其反，特别是对于中小型企业来说。You will probably see a further decline in women being hired, Subramanyam Sreenivasaiah, CEO at human resources consulting firm Ascent HR, told CNN.Ascent 人力资源咨询公司CEO Subramanyam Sreenivasaiah在接受CNN采访时说，“你极有可能会看到职业女性人数出现下滑”。Here’s the problem. The government has mandated 26 weeks of paid maternity leave, but it doesn’t provide any financial support for employers.问题就在于，政府规定了26周的带薪产假，却未为雇主提供任何财政支持。That means companies must bear all the associated costs -- including training and hiring a temporary replacement. The law also says companies with more than 50 employees must set up daycare services for working mothers.这意味着公司必须承担包括培训和雇用临时工在内的相关费用。印度法律还规定，拥有50名以上员工的公司必须为职业妇女设立托儿所。The industry cannot afford to do this at all, Sreenivasaiah added.Sreenivasaiah补充说，“业界无法承担此费用”。Big Indian companies and multinationals should be able to cope with the change. Indeed, Swedish furniture firm Ikea moved quickly to introduce new policies that went one better and also gave new fathers six months off.不过，印度大型公司和跨国公司应该能应对此政策变化。确实，瑞典宜家家居集团迅速推出了更高一筹的新政策，并且给予新生儿父亲六个月的产假。But smaller companies could struggle. Jubin Shaju, a human resources executive at digital payments firm Chillr, says hiring practices in India already t