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In a landmark decision, the State Cabinet connected Thursday approved the Karnataka Menstrual Leave Policy-2025 that volition guarantee 1 day’s paid permission successful a period crossed authorities and backstage sectors.
With this decision, Karnataka becomes the archetypal State to screen some the authorities and backstage sectors successful its menstrual permission policy. Odisha and Bihar person argumentation for authorities employees portion Kerala has implemented the argumentation successful universities.
Panel’s recommendation
The argumentation moved by the Karnataka’s Labour Department follows a proposal from a committee that submitted its study and had pushed for paid menstrual leave. It is applicable to each sectors wherever women are employed.
Though determination has been nary azygous argumentation connected menstrual permission successful the country, respective States and backstage companies person had menstrual permission policy, a Cabinet enactment said.
Welcoming the decision, the All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Karnataka Committee, said that the determination would empower millions of women successful some sectors and was a progressive measurement to support the rights of women.
It noted that erstwhile the commercialized unions had powerfully urged for menstrual permission argumentation for 1 time a month, the employers were against it portion the Labour Department had recommended six days per year.
“We present petition the authorities to instantly instrumentality measures to instrumentality the determination done legislative action,” AITUC said successful a note.
Other decisions
The authorities approved ₹405.55 crore to conception 11 residential schools for children of operation workers, ₹2,000 crore for rebuilding 39 large bridges, and a ₹16 crore aerial ladder level that tin scope up to 54 metres to conscionable the needs of high-rise buildings successful lawsuit of occurrence accidents.
It besides approved ₹550 crore to acceptable up an autonomous aesculapian assemblage astatine Kanakapura with an archetypal intake of 150 students for MBBS, approved amendment to Karnataka Workers Welfare Fund Act and ₹38 crore to amended information of the State Data Centre.
