Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
DoPT reforms regarding Child Care Leave
Posted On: 26 OCT 2020 7:11PM by PIB Delhi
While
briefing about some of the major reforms brought by Department of
Personnel & Training (DoPT) under the Modi government, Union
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said today that the male employees
of the government are also now entitled to Child Care Leave.
However,
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the provision and privilege of Child Care
Leave (CCL) will be available only for those male employees who happen
to be “single male parent”, which may include male employees who are
widowers or divorcees or even unmarried and may therefore, be expected
to take up the responsibility of child care as a single - handed parent.
Describing
it as a path-breaking and progressive reform to bring ease of living
for government servants, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the orders regarding
this had been issued quite some time back but somehow did not receive
enough circulation in the public.
In
a further relaxation to this provision, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that
an employee on Child Care Leave may now leave the head quarter with the
prior approval of Competent Authority. In addition, the Leave Travel
Concession (LTC) may be availed by the employee even if he is on Child
Care Leave. Elaborating further, he informed that Child Care Leave can
be granted at 100% of leave salary for the first 365 days and 80% of
leave salary for the next 365 days.
Based
on the inputs over a period of time, Dr Jitendra Singh said, another
welfare measure introduced in this regard is that in case of a disabled
child, the condition of availing Child Care Leave up to the age of 22
years of the child has been removed and now Child Care Leave can be
availed by a government servant for a disabled child of any age.
With
the personal intervention and indulgence of Prime Minister Sh Narendra
Modi and his special emphasis on governance reforms, Dr Jitendra Singh
said, it has been possible to make several out-of-box decisions in the
DoPT over the last six years. Basic purpose behind all these decisions
has always been to enable a government employee to contribute to the
maximum of his potential, although at the same time there will be no
leniency or tolerance toward corruption or non-performance, he said.
