COMPULSORY PAID LEAVE DURING PREGNANCY
There are provisions which prescribe that a
female Government servant (including an apprentice) with less than two
surviving children may be granted maternity leave by an authority competent to
grant leave for a period of 180 days from the date of its commencement. During
such period, she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately
before proceeding on leave.
This was stated by the Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime
Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri
Kirti Azad in the Lok Sabha today.
KSD/PK/BK/RS
(18.03.2015)
(Release ID :117270) Source: PIB
(Release ID :117270) Source: PIB
