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Maneka 'missed the point' with paternal-leave comment: Expert

Close on the heels of the Rajya Sabha passing the Maternity Benefit Amendment Bill, which proposes increasing the duration of maternity leave for a working woman from 12 weeks to 26 weeks, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi waded into a controversy.
26-week maternity leave for women employees soon in pvt sector

All establishments, including in private sector, will have to provide 26-week maternity leave to their women employees under a new bill, which the government plans to push in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said on July 1.

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