-The Indian Express Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said the Ministry of Labour has agreed to increase Maternity Leave to six-and-a-half months. The union government is set to increase the Maternity Leave for women employed in private firms from the existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said the Ministry of Labour has agreed to increase Maternity Leave to six-and-a-half months....
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Hike Maternity Leave to 8 months, says Maneka
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Expecting mothers could get Maternity Leave for eight months if Union minister Maneka Gandhi has her way. Gandhi—in charge of the ministry of women and child development---has proposed increasing Maternity Leave from three months to eight months. "We have mooted a proposal of extending the Maternity Leave for working women from present three months to eight months to the Cabinet Secretariat for a discussion in the...
More »India performs badly in breastfeeding, ensuring healthy diet to children -Jyotsna Singh
-Down to Earth A report blames ineffective policies, lack of budget and the absence of better monitoring policies for poor performance India has shown little improvement in breastfeeding infants and ensuring healthy diet to young children, a report by the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) and the Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) says. The study blames gaps in the implementation of government policies for the dismal performance. Since 2004, the report...
More »Increase Maternity Leave from 3 months to 8 months: Maneka -Moushumi Das Gupta
-Hindustan Times Women and child development (WCD) minister Maneka Gandhi wants the three-month Maternity Leave presently granted to working women under the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, to be increased to eight months, so as to enable mothers to take better care of their newborns. The Union labour ministry is already considering a proposal to increase the existing Maternity Leave from three to six months but Gandhi wants it to be further increased...
More »National policy on domestic helps in the works
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The days of domestic helps, mostly women, toiling away for a pittance may soon be over with the government giving final touches to a national policy which will prescribe a minimum salary along with other benefits like compulsory paid leave every year and Maternity Leave. According to sources, the minimum salary could be pegged at Rs 9,000 per month while 15 days of paid leave a...
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