Monitoring Desk,17-Jan; Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, today said that the Governance reforms introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi provide enabling environment for working women.
Briefing about several measures undertaken by the Ministry of Personnel, Dr. Singh said, the Department of Personnel and Training has taken concerted efforts to increase the representation of women in Central Government jobs and to provide them with a balance between professional as well as family life.
Spelling out Special Women-Centric Measures taken in the last eight and half years, Dr. Singh said, keeping in view the potential emotional trauma caused due to stillbirth or death of a child soon after birth, it has now been decided to grant a Special Maternity Leave of 60 days.
Dwelling on the Women-Centric reforms, Dr. Jitendra Singh referred to a recent Office Memorandum wherein a divorced daughter, in whose case a decree of divorce was issued after the death of her parents, will be eligible for family pension if the divorce petition was filed before the death of the parents.
Similarly, the families of missing employees covered under NPS can now get a family pension within 6 months of lodging an FIR and not wait for 7 years after which the employee is considered deemed dead. Even in cases where the Government servant dies before completing a service of 7 years, a family pension shall be payable to the family.
