GO NO : 84 , Date : 23.08.2021
ORDER :
1.
In the Government order first read above , orders were issued enhancing
the Maternity Leave from 180 days to 270 days to married women
Government servants , with less than two surviving children , which may
be spread over from the pre - confinement rest to post - confinement
recuperation , with full pay at the option of the women Government
servants . Accordingly , in the Government Order second read above ,
Rule 101 ( a ) of the Fundamental Rules was also amended .
2. In
the revised Budget for the year 2021-2022 presented in the Legislative
Assembly on 13th August 2021 , an announcement has been made by the
Hon'ble Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management , for
enhancing the period of maternity leave from 9 months to 12 months for
women Government employees with less than two surviving children with
effect from 01.07.2021 .
3. The Government , after careful
consideration order that the Maternity Leave admissible to married women
Government servants with less than two surviving children , which is 9
months ( 270 days ) at present , be enhanced to 12 months ( 365 days ) ,
with effect from 01.07.2021 , with full pay , which may be spread over
from the pre - confinement rest to post - confinement recuperation , at
the option of the married women Government servants . The women
Government servants who proceeded on maternity leave prior to 15 July
2021 and continue to be on that leave on or after that date shall also
be eligible for maternity leave for a period not exceeding 365 days in
total .
4. Necessary amendments to the Fundamental Rules will be issued , separately
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