New Delhi: In the Parliament session on Thursday, Lok Sabha passed the Maternity Amendment 2016 in which a Women working with an organized sector will take a paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks.
The amendment is expected to benefit around 1.2 billion women.
Among other things, the Bill provides for 12 weeks of maternity leave to a woman who legally adopts a child below three months of age and a commissioning mother (defined as a biological mother).