Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog member V K Paul had said that both the private and public sectors should consider enhancing the the maternity leave for women workers from six months to nine months.
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was passed by the Parliament in 2017 entitling paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from earlier 12 weeks.
“Both private and public sector need to sit together to think about increasing the maternity leave of the mothers from present six months to nine months,” FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) said in a statement quoting Paul on May 15.
According to the statement, Paul said the private sector should help the NITI Aayog to design the comprehensive care of the children by opening more creches for children for better upbringing as well as doing the needful for the elderly care.
