{"id":2205,"date":"2024-04-25T06:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2024-04-25T06:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:36:17","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct-regarding-the-maternity-benefit-amendment-act-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct-regarding-the-maternity-benefit-amendment-act-2017","title":{"rendered":"Q. Which of the following statements is\/are correct regarding the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Pregnant women are entitled for\u00a0three months<\/strong>\u00a0pre-delivery and three months post-delivery paid leave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Enterprises with creches\u00a0must allow<\/strong>\u00a0the mother minimum\u00a0six creche visits daily<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Women with two children get reduced entitlements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (c) 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Maternity Benefit Act 1961<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • It was originally passed\u00a0to regulate the employment of women<\/strong>\u00a0in \u201ccertain establishments\u201d for the period\u00a0before and after childbirth<\/strong>\u00a0and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Originally, it applied\u00a0to every establishment<\/strong>\u00a0being a factory, mine or plantation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • In 1973, it was extended to \u201cany such establishment belonging to the Government<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cevery establishment where persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • No employer shall knowingly employ a woman<\/strong>\u00a0in any establishment during the\u00a0six weeks immediately following<\/strong>\u00a0the day of her delivery or her miscarriage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The right to paid maternity leaves<\/strong>\u00a0was also given<\/strong>, although the period of such leave could not exceed\u00a0twelve weeks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • For availing maternity benefits<\/strong>, a woman is mandated to work in the establishment for\u00a0at least 160 days in the 12 months<\/strong>\u00a0immediately preceding the date of her expected delivery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Violating provisions of the Act could result in\u00a03 months\u2019 punishment<\/strong>, with or without a fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        The Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act 2017<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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        • It amended Section 5 of the erstwhile Act\u00a0to allow 26 weeks of paid leave after childbirth<\/strong>, although\u00a0only to biological mothers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The amendment inserted\u00a0Section 5(4)<\/strong>\u00a0which said that\u00a0adoptive or surrogate mothers legally adopting a child below three months will be entitled to a maternity benefit period of\u00a012 weeks<\/strong>\u00a0from the date the child is handed over to the mother.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Further, it inserted provisions\u00a0to allow women to work from home under Section 5(5)<\/strong>, where the nature of work assigned to a woman is of such nature.\n
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          • The employer may allow her to do so after availing of the maternity benefit for such a period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Under the amended Act,\u00a0every establishment having fifty or more employees<\/strong>\u00a0shall have the\u00a0facility of\u00a0creche\u00a0<\/strong>and the employer\u00a0must allow four visits a day<\/strong>\u00a0to the creche as well as rest intervals for her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Select the correct answer using the code given below. Answer: (c) 3 only Maternity Benefit Act 1961 The Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[54],"class_list":["post-2205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-54"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":54,"label":"2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}