Should women be entitled to paid menstrual leave? Parliament to decide

The Ministry of Women and Child Development recently said there was no proposal to provide for menstrual leave, neither did the ministry planned to pilot a legislation on the issue

Archis Mohan
Last Updated at January 2, 2018 14:13 IST

Ninong Ering, a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh, has moved a private members’ Bill, ‘the Menstruation Benefit Bill, 2017’, which has proposed that women working in the public and private sectors get two days of paid menstrual leave every month. The Bill also seeks to provide better facilities for rest at the workplace during menstruation.

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