Lok Sabha Question No. 2383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Act, 2017
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2383 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

## MATERNITY BENEFITS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017

2383. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

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

- (a)the details and number of construction workers, mine workers and factory workers who have received maternity benefits through the Maternity  Benefit  (Amendment)  Act,  2017  during  the  last  five
- years, category-wise; and
- (b)the number of creches run under Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, State-wise and sector-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): 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.  The details of the maternity benefits provided under the ESI Act, 1948 during the years 2018-19 to 2022-23 are as under: Contd..2/-

| Year    |   Amount (in crore) |   Number |
|---------|---------------------|----------|
| 2018-19 |              369.08 |    46469 |
| 2019-20 |              383.62 |    49200 |
| 2020-21 |              390.04 |    46327 |
| 2021-22 |              373.77 |    45610 |
| 2022-23 |              415.99 |    47919 |

The Palna (formerly National Creche Scheme for children of working mothers) a centrally sponsored scheme is implemented through states/union territories w.e.f. 01.01.2017 to provide crèche/ day  care  facilities  to  children  (in  the  age  group  of  6  months  to  6 years). As on 31.10.2023, there were 2412 operational crèches under Palna, as reported by the states/ union territories.   The list is placed at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2383 FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2023 ASKED BY SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  REGARDING  MATERNITY  BENEFTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017.

## State-wise operational crèches under the scheme Palna

(As on 31.10.2023)

| S. No   | STATE/ UT                    |   Number of Crèches |
|---------|------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh               |                  20 |
| 2.      | Arunchal Pradesh             |                  43 |
| 3.      | Assam                        |                   0 |
| 4.      | Bihar                        |                   0 |
| 5.      | Chhastisgarh                 |                   0 |
| 6.      | Goa                          |                   3 |
| 7.      | Gujarat                      |                  43 |
| 8.      | Haryana                      |                 165 |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh             |                 116 |
| 10.     | Jharkhand                    |                   0 |
| 11.     | Karnataka                    |                 430 |
| 12.     | Kerala                       |                 273 |
| 13.     | Madhya Pradesh               |                   9 |
| 14.     | Maharashtra                  |                   0 |
| 15.     | Manipur                      |                 427 |
| 16.     | Meghalaya                    |                  28 |
| 17.     | Mizoram                      |                 175 |
| 18.     | Nagaland                     |                  94 |
| 19.     | Odisha                       |                   0 |
| 20.     | Punjab                       |                 151 |
| 21.     | Rajasthan                    |                   0 |
| 22.     | Sikkim                       |                  25 |
| 23.     | Tamil Nadu                   |                 135 |
| 24.     | Telangana                    |                   0 |
| 25.     | Tripura                      |                 137 |
| 26.     | Uttar Pradesh                |                   0 |
| 27.     | Uttrakhand                   |                   0 |
| 28.     | West Bengal                  |                   0 |
| 29.     | A &NIsland (Uts)             |                   0 |
| 30.     | Chandigarh                   |                   0 |
| 31.     | Dadra &NHaveli and Daman Diu |                   0 |
| 32.     | Delhi                        |                  44 |
| 33.     | Jammu &Kashmir               |                   0 |
| 34.     | Ladakh                       |                   0 |
| 35.     | Lakshadeep                   |                   0 |
| 36.     | Puducherry                   |                  94 |
| Total   | Total                        |                2412 |