In a tremendously forward-looking move, that expands the rights of working women in India, women employees of the central government who have a child through surrogacy will be entitled to maternity leave.
According to an official order of the personnel ministry, women having a child via surrogacy can get paid maternity leave of 26 weeks (about 180 days).
The ministry has written to all central government departments about a Delhi High Court order of 2015 on the issue. “All ministries/departments are advised to give wide publicity of its contents to the concerned officers,” the personnel ministry said in its latest directive to all the ministries and enclosed a copy of the court’s order with it.Click Here: All Blacks Rugby Jersey