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Will the 7th CPC Extend Child Care Leave for Male
Employees Too?
Child Care Leave,
introduced by the 6th CPC, was a boon for women employees.
Women employees have for
long, been entitled to Maternity Leave. The 90 days paid leave granted as
maternity leave was extended to 135 days by the 5th CPC. The 6th CPC further increased
it to 180 days.
Based on the very
reasonable request presented by ATMAJA (Association of Adoptive Parents), the
Government announced ‘Child Adoption Leave’ for female employees in 2006.
Orders were issued to grant 135 days leave for female employees who adopt
child upto one year of age.
The 6th CPC introduced a
family welfare privilege for female employees. Consequent upon the decisions
taken by the Government on the recommendations of the 6th CPC relating to
Maternity Leave and Child Care Leave, the Central Govt decided that the
existing provisions of Maternity Leave enhanced to 180 days.
Leave of the kind due and
admissible (including commuted leave for a period not exceeding 60 days and
leave not due) that can be granted in continuation with Maternity Leave
provided in Rule 43(4)(b) shall be increased to 2 years.
Women employees having
minor children may be granted Child Care Leave for a maximum period of two
years (i.e. 730 days) during their entire service for taking care of upto two
children whether for rearing or to look after any of their needs like
examination, sickness etc.
Only female employees
were entitled to these leaves in order to provide health care and education
supervision requirements for her two children. Although there were
difficulties in implementing this decision, the announcement was welcomed by
women employees.
But this also created a
sense of longing among the male employees.
Were they not concerned
about their family’s welfare?
Was their presence not
required in health and education related issues of their children?
‘Why are we being denied
this allowance?’. Men employees were wondered.
But some male staff
themselves wondered, it is impossible to give the same privilege to male
employees too, who constitute 90% of the government workforce.
One could also hear
demands that if not 730 days, at least half of it should be given to the male
employees.
Some suggest that the
allowance should be made in genuine cases after necessary enquiries.
Some also suggest that in
cases where the husband and wife are employed, the leave should be given to
both.
Everybody has a right to
demand…!
The request to give this
privilege to men who have lost their wives, to look after their children
sounds very reasonable.
Children who have lost
their mothers require the care and presence of their fathers.
Will the 7th CPC consider
this demand?
Source:
www.employeesnews.i
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New Pension Scheme :
Family pension under NPS
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-350
ANSWERED ON-18.02.2014
Family pension under NPS
350. SHRI PRABHAT JHA
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of cases of family pension sanctioned, so far,
under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the families of deceased Central
Government employees;
(b) whether family pension at the rate of old pension scheme to
these family members of deceased employees has been stopped after coming into
force of the New Pension Scheme;
(c) if not, the fate of those who have been receiving family
pension under NPS at the rate of old pension scheme;
(d) whether some of the deceased employees have left behind them
only few thousands rupees as Contributory Pension Fund (CPF) with the
National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL); and
(e) if so, how Government would pay them family pension from
their CPF?
ANSWER
FINANCE MINISTER
(SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM )
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *350 FOR ANSWER ON
18.02.2014 REGARDING “FAMILY PENSION UNDER NPS” RAISED BY SHRI PRABHAT
JHA
(a): Central Pension Accounting Office has informed that as per
its records there are 1900 cases of family pension and 20 cases of disability
pension under National Pension System (NPS).
(b) and (c): The pension of the Government servants (except in
the Armed Forces) appointed on or after 01-01-2004 is regulated by the NPS
which is a defined contribution pension system. Employees appointed in the
service of Central Government prior to this date are not covered by NPS.
However, even after the introduction of NPS, the benefit of family pension is
available to the families of the deceased Central Government employees covered
under the NPS. Hence, family pension, at the rate of old pension scheme, to
family members of deceased employees, who were in the service of the Central
Government on or after 01-01-2004, is not denied or affected due to the
implementation of NPS, as per the Office Memorandum (OM) No.
38/41/06/P&PW(A) dated 05-05-2009 of the Department of Pension and
Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
This OM envisages payment of various benefits on death/discharge of a Government
employee after adjustment of the monthly annuitised pension from the
accumulated funds in the NPS account of the employee.
(d) and (e): National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has
informed that a few deceased employees, who passed away within a short span
after joining NPS, had minimal accumulated pension wealth in their NPS
accounts. However, as stated in reply to parts (b) and (c) above, the family
members of the deceased employees are covered by the family pension
Source : http://rajyasabha.nic.in/
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Monday, April 7, 2014
1)Will the 7th CPC Extend Child Care Leave for Male Employees Too? 2)New Pension Scheme : Family pension under NPS
