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<center> Unless we increase the women's labor force participation, India will never make poverty in the museum. Last year the Maternity Benefit was the right place in the heart of the bill but inadvertently, the part of the employers had to be more careful, which had low levels of recruitment of women. The government has been liable to this criticism and proposes some changes in the policy. But the proposals need to be brave and courageous. Let’s recap. When these provision of amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act came into force on April 1, 2017. The industry has been appreciated as its progressive step towards improving the employment rights of women. TeamLize conducted a study in May on the impact of the impact of women's employment on the employment of women by influencing employers in 10 major areas and influencing women's representation in India. According to the study, women in India may have significant job losses in the short to medium term. India provides one of the world's most liberal maternity leave policies. But India is perhaps the only country where full financial burden of maternity leave should be done by the employer. In most of the countries, the cost of maternity leave is shared between government, employer, insurance and other social security programs' Singapore eight weeks of employer and eight weeks public fund; Australia and Canada 100% public money; France Social Insurance Plan; Brazilian mixed contribution from employers, employees and government ' To address and reduce this issue, some of the suggested remedies in the team lining study include sharing costs between the employer and the government through the employer through the employer, when the employer offers proof of payment of maternity leave wages. , Slab-based tax exemption proposed by the government paid the actual maternity wages. To abandon any possibility of maternity wages to set up a government insurance plan, and to reject any possibility of gender bias, leave it for 13 months motherhood and 13 months of parenthood. On September 12, the Ministry of Labor and Employment proposed changes that included five shortcomings. Firstly, only 7 weeks wages will be reimbursed for employers who give employment to laborers and will provide maternity benefits of 26 weeks leave vacation. Second, to enable an entity to get encouragement, women employees working in the related unit should earn less than 15,000 wages. These Employees State Insurance (ESIC) Act is mandatory that all workers earning less than 21,000 or less will be included under the Act. But employees do not seem to be fair, with the conditions related to the proposal to consider wages of 15,000 or less. This is due to the fact that women are earning Rs 21,000 or less but is employed in non-applicable areas, are not entitled to benefits. This employer has to be forced to bear the full cost. Yet another important factor to keep in mind is that a large number of women employees, especially information technology, information technology-enabled services, pharmaceuticals, logistics, banking, financial services and insurance, and service sectors, ₹ 15,000 or wages Is paid 21,000 or more per month. This third shortage is that the female worker should be a member of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) for at least one year and should not be included under ESIC. A) There is a lack of reasoning or reasoning in the above-mentioned situations. A) Eligibility for maternity benefits, and b) Once a worker completes 80 days (less than three months) continuous service, An employee of this is entitled to profit under the proposed promotion, if he has been a member of EPFO for at least one year and has not been covered under ESIC. Fourth, additional provisions such as crutch with additional provisions, careers mothers, appropriate places'. These are mandatory for the lack of clarity of mothers. Finally, the revised Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, is a State Government law, which means that the State Government may modify the Act from time to time so that the high benefits for the benefits recommended by the Central Government More and more. The reimbursement limit of these seven weeks should be increased to at least 13 weeks. The wages of 13 weeks can also be extended to all women employees who are not covered under the ESIC, without any pre-condition on the wage ceiling or without a subscription to the provident fund organization for one year. Apart from this, this government will have to establish a crab with all the support facilities proposed in the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, and the employees will be entitled to such benefits to use these benefits at a very low cost will be allowed. The introduction of the Maternity Benefit Act under Central Law will also help maintain equality. [pics source](https://pixabay.com)</center>