The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which later became the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, significantly increased the duration of paid maternity leave for women employees. It increased the period from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for women expecting their first or second child.
The Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016, proposes to increase the maternity leave available to mothers with less than 2 surviving children from 12 weeks to
Asked in APPSC Group II Prelims 2016 · Topic: Employment and Welfare Schemes (Schemes for Women Empowerment and Child Protection (e.g., Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, PM Matru Vandana Yojana))
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