TN extends maternity leave for govt employees
Team TOI
Chennai:14.08.2021
Tamil Nadu has enhanced the period of maternity leave for women government employees to one year from 9 months as promised in the DMK's election manifesto.
Finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan announced the extension of leave on the floor of assembly during his maiden budget speech on Friday.
The scheme will be restricted to women with less than two surviving children with effect from July 1, he said, amid applause from his cabinet colleagues and other members.
The policy will help the state’s target of increasing the number of babies being exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life, help them receive vaccinations and care for their nutritional status. The maternity leave will help mothers get back to good health in a short period of time, said officials from the social welfare department.
“Tamil Nadu provides cash benefits, free vaccination and nutrition supplement for mothers and babies. But several mothers are not able to care of themselves and their babies because they don’t have the time,” said a senior social welfare department official. “This will change, with longer maternity leave,” she said.
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