Lok Sabha Question No. 648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Maternity Benefits
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 648 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## MATERNITY BENEFITS

## 648.  SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the  number  of  construction  workers,  mine  workers  and  factory workers  have  received  maternity  benefits  through  the  Maternity Benefit  (Amendment)  Act,  2017  through  the  labour  department  in the year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, category-wise data;
- (b)number  of  creches  run  under  Maternity  Benefit  (Amendment)  Act, 2017, State-wise and sector-wise data; and
- (c)whether the Government has any plans of providing the maternity benefits  and  child  care  services  to  the  above-mentioned  group  of workers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (c): The  Maternity  Benefit  Act,  1961,  as  amended  vide  the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, provides inter-alia for paid maternity leave to women workers and crèche facility by establishments. The Act is implemented by the Central Government as well  as  by  State  Government  as  appropriate  Government  in  their respective spheres which includes establishments engaged as mines, factories and construction.

The maternity benefits are also provided to women workers who are covered under the provisions of Employees' State Insurance (ESI)  Act,  1948.  Every  woman,  entitled  to  the  payment  of  maternity benefit under the Maternity Benefit Act, continues to be covered under this Act until she becomes qualified to claim maternity benefit under the ESI Act, 1948.

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The  number  of  women  workers  who  received  maternity benefit under ESI Act, 1948 during years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is as under:-

| Years     |   Number |
|-----------|----------|
| 2019-2020 |    49200 |
| 2020-2021 |    46327 |
| 2021-2022 |    45610 |

Data regarding availability of crèches, under the Maternity Benefit  Act,  1961,  as  amended  in  the  year  2017,  are  not  maintained centrally in this Ministry.

As per the scheme run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development,  the  state-wise  details  of  the  crèches  are  placed  at Annexure. *                                                     ******

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.648  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAVIKUMAR D. FOR  ANSWER  ON 06.02.2023 REGARDING MATERNITY BENEFITS.

## Details of number of crèches under the scheme run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/ Union Territory    |   Number of Creches |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                    |                  66 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                  67 |
| 3.        | Assam                             |                 611 |
| 4.        | Bihar                             |                   0 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                      |                   0 |
| 6.        | Goa                               |                   3 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                           |                  54 |
| 8.        | Haryana                           |                 167 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh                  |                 125 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                         |                   0 |
| 11.       | Karnataka                         |                 430 |
| 12.       | Kerala                            |                 333 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh                    |                  16 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                       |                   0 |
| 15.       | Manipur                           |                 427 |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                         |                  28 |
| 17.       | Mizoram                           |                 175 |
| 18.       | Nagaland                          |                 163 |
| 19.       | Odisha                            |                   0 |
| 20.       | Punjab                            |                 158 |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                         |                  79 |
| 22.       | Sikkim                            |                  25 |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu                        |                 314 |
| 24.       | Telangana                         |                   0 |
| 25.       | Tripura                           |                 137 |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh                     |                   0 |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand                       |                   0 |
| 28.       | West Bengal                       |                   0 |
| 29.       | A&NIslands (UTs)                  |                   0 |
| 30.       | Chandigarh                        |                  54 |
| 31.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |                   0 |
| 32.       | Delhi                             |                  52 |
| 33.       | Jammu &Kashmir                    |                   0 |
| 34.       | Ladakh                            |                   0 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep                       |                   0 |
| 36.       | Puducherry                        |                  94 |
|           | Total                             |                3578 |

Note:  States/Union Territories running Creches: 22

States/ Union Territories not running Creches: 14

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