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Telangana Assembly connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) passed a Bill intended to guarantee employees successful the State authorities and backstage assemblage take attraction of their parents/step-parents, by making provisions to transportation 15% of monthly gross wage oregon ₹10,000 to the latter’s slope account. Parents person to record an exertion with territory Collectors to get this amount, which has to beryllium cleared successful 60 days. If rejected, they tin record different exertion with the Senior Citizens Commission. The Bill was passed a fewer months after Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced laws would beryllium amended to guarantee a information of employee’s wage is deposited successful parent’s account.
Though the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Central Act No.56 of 2007) is implemented from 2008, determination is simply a request for a “more focused and enforceable mechanics to guarantee accountability of employed children, peculiarly those drafting salaries from the Government oregon backstage sectors, towards the attraction and well-being of their babelike parents,” arsenic per the Bill.
Following are immoderate of the cardinal provisions successful the Bill, yet to beryllium approved successful the Council.
Title of the bill
The Telangana Employees Accountability and Monitoring of Parental Support Act, 2026
Which class of the employees is it applicable to?
The State authorities employees oregon those nether the government’s power drafting wage from the State’s Consolidated Fund
Employees of backstage organizations functioning successful the State
MLAs, MLCs, Rural and Urban section assemblage elected and nominated leaders, its employees
Corporations employees
Employees of State owned nationalist undertakings which are receiving State Funds
Application
Either oregon some babelike parents of an worker tin taxable a written exertion earlier the Designated Authority seeking apportionment of the employee’s monthly salary.
The parents person to found that they bash not person an capable root of income to support their livelihood and that they are successful request of fiscal enactment from the employee. Personal monthly income has to beryllium mentioned.
Who is the Designated Authority?
Collector
What does the authorization do?
The authorization volition find the eligibility of the assertion and dispose of the exertion wrong 60 days. An accidental to beryllium heard volition beryllium provided the applicant and the worker concerned.
If the assertion is justified, the designated authorization shall authorisation the apportionment and specify the magnitude to beryllium paid connected a monthly ground straight to the parent(s) slope account.
How overmuch volition beryllium apportioned?
It shall beryllium 15% oregon ₹10,000, whichever is less, of the employee’s monthly gross salary
Rejection
If the designated authorization rejects an application, the determination has to beryllium communicated successful penning to each the concerned
Appeal aft rejection oregon non-disposal by designated authority
If the Designated Authority does not dispose of an exertion wrong 60 days oregon if applicant is aggrieved by an bid passed by the Designated Authority, he/she whitethorn similar an entreaty earlier the Senior Citizens Commission wrong a play of 45 days from the day of receipt of order.
Rejection
If the Commission assesses that the entreaty is not acceptable for information nether the provisions, it whitethorn cull the entreaty wrong the stipulated play of sixty (60) days.
Penalty
If an leader fails to comply with the orders, the Designated Authority or Senior Citizens Commission whitethorn enforce a penalty.
Request to retreat exertion oregon cancel order
The applicants whitethorn retreat an exertion oregon appeal, oregon question cancellation of an bid of apportionment of salary, earlier oregon astatine the clip of hearing, aft passing of the order, oregon during the continuance of outgo of the apportioned salary.
Status of the Bill
The Bill was passed successful the Assembly connected Sunday. After it is passed successful the Council too, it volition beryllium submitted to the Governor for his assent.
“With changing societal dynamics, accepted household values are nether strain. It has truthful go imperative to supply ineligible reinforcement to these responsibilities. This authorities has been brought guardant nether the guidance and inspiration of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy”Adluri Lakshman KumarSocial Welfare Minister
