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RAJYA SABHA
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The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 11th August, 2016:—
BILL NO. XLIII OF 2016
A Bill further to amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2016. Short title and
commencement.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and
any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as
a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
53 of 1961. 2. In the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in Amendment
section 3, after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— of section 3.
‘(ba) “commissioning mother” means a biological mother who uses her egg to
create an embryo implanted in any other woman;’.
2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—
Amendment of 3. In the principal Act, in section 5,—
section 5.
(A) in sub-section (3) —
(i) for the words ‘‘twelve weeks of which not more than six weeks’’, the
words ‘‘twenty-six weeks of which not more than eight weeks’’ shall be substituted;
(ii) after sub-section (3) and before the first proviso, the following proviso
shall be inserted, namely:—
‘‘Provided that the maximum period entitled to maternity benefit by
a woman having two or more than two surviving children shall be twelve
weeks of which not more than six weeks shall precede the date of her
expected delivery;’’;
(iii) in the first proviso, for the words ‘‘Provided that’’, the words ‘‘Provided
further that’’ shall be substituted;
(iv) in the second proviso, for the words ‘‘Provided further that’’, the
words ‘‘Provided also that’’ shall be substituted;
(B) after sub-section (3), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:—
‘‘(4) A woman who legally adopts a child below the age of three months or
a commissioning mother shall be entitled to maternity benefit for a period of
twelve weeks from the date the child is handed over to the adopting mother or
the commissioning mother, as the case may be.
(5) In case where the nature of work assigned to a woman is of such nature
that she may work from home, the employer may allow her to do so after availing
of the maternity benefit for such period and on such conditions as the employer
and the woman may mutually agree.’’.
Insertion of 4. In the principal Act, after section 11, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
new section
11A.
Creche ‘‘11A. (1) Every establishment having fifty or more employees shall have the
facility. facility of creche within such distance as may be prescribed, either separately or along
with common facilities:
Provided that the employer shall allow four visits a day to the creche by the
woman, which shall also include the interval for rest allowed to her.
(2) Every establishment shall intimate in writing and electronically to every
woman at the time of her initial appointment regarding every benefit available under
the Act.’’.
SEC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 regulates the employment of women in factories,
mines, the circus industry, plantations and shops or establishments employing ten or more
persons, except the employees who are covered under the Employees' State Insurance
Act, 1948, for certain periods before and after child-birth and provides for maternity and
other benefits.
2. The 44th Session of Indian Labour Conference (ILC), has recommended for enhancing
maternity leave under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 from existing twelve weeks to twenty-four
weeks. This recommendation has been reiterated during 45th and 46th Session of ILC. The
Ministry of Women and Child Development and other stakeholders have also requested to
enhance maternity benefit under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
3. Based on the recommendations of ILC and requests from the various quarters and
the deliberations during the Tripartite Consultations with stakeholders, it has been decided
to amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
4. The salient features of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 are as follows:—
(i) increase the maximum period of maternity benefit from the existing twelve
weeks to twenty-six weeks, in case of women who have less than two
surviving children and in other cases, the existing period of twelve weeks
maternity benefit shall continue;
(ii) to extend the maternity benefits to a "commissioning mother" and
"adopting mother" and they shall be entitled to twelve weeks maternity
benefit from the date the child is handed over;
(iii) to facilitate "work from home" to a mother by inserting an enabling provision;
(iv) to make it mandatory in respect of establishment having fifty or more
employees, to have the facility of creche either individually or as a shared
common facility within such distance as may be prescribed by rules and
also to allow four visits to the creche by the woman daily, including the
interval for rest allowed to her;
(v) every establishment shall intimate in writing and electronically to every
woman at the time of her initial appointment about the benefits available
under the Act.
5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects.
BANDARU DATTATREYA.
4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 2]
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Clause 4 of the Bill empowers the Central Government to make rules for the
purpose of prescribing the distance for facility of creche in respect of every
establishment having fifty or more employees.
2. The matters in respect of which rules may be made under the proposed
legislation are matters of administrative details. The delegation of legislative power is,
therefore, of a normal character.
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SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF,
Secretary-General.
RAM Digitally signed
by RAM DAYAL
DAYAL 12:16:12 +05'30'
Date: 2016.08.16
PUBLISHED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, RAJYA SABHA, UNDER RULE 68 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS IN THE RAJYA SABHA.
GMGIPMRND—2448GI—13-08-2016.
