- Eligible women employees can avail 180 days of maternity leave twice during their entire service.
- The earlier condition requiring a minimum two-year gap between the first and second maternity leave has been removed.
- The benefit also extends to adoptive mothers.
- The change follows recent Allahabad High Court rulings that maternity leave for a second pregnancy cannot be denied merely because two years have not passed since the previous leave.
- The decision is aimed at strengthening maternal welfare, child care and workplace support for women employees.
Question
Q1. How many days of maternity leave can eligible women employees of the Uttar Pradesh government avail on each of the two occasions?a) 90 days
b) 120 days
c) 180 days
d) 240 days
Answer: c) Eligible women state government employees can avail 180 days of maternity leave twice during their service, without the earlier requirement of a two-year gap between the two leaves.
