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New Delhi: Women government employees can take 180 days of maternity leave in case they have children through surrogacy after amendments were announced to a 50-year-old rule by the Centre.<\/p>\n
It has also allowed the \u201ccommissioning mother\u201d (the intending mother of the child born through surrogacy) with child care leave besides paternity leave of 15 days to the \u201ccommissioning father\u201d, according to the changes made in the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn case of surrogacy, the surrogate, as well as the commissioning mother with less than two surviving children, may be granted maternity leave of 180 days, in case either or both of them are government servants,\u201d read the amended rules notified by the Personnel Ministry.<\/p>\n
Till now, there were no rules to grant maternity leaves to women government employees in case a child was born through surrogacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn case of a child begotten through surrogacy, the commissioning father who is a male government servant with less than two surviving children may be granted paternity leave of 15 days within the period of 6 months from the date of delivery of the child,\u201d the new rules said.<\/p>\n
In case of surrogacy, the commissioning mother with less than two surviving children, may be granted child care leave, reads the Central Civil Services (Leave) (Amendment) Rules, 2024, notified on June 18.<\/p>\n
Existing rules allow \u201ca female government servant and single male government servant\u201d child care leave for a maximum period of 730 days during entire service \u201cfor taking care of two eldest surviving children, whether for rearing or for looking after any of their needs, such as education, sickness and the like\u201d.<\/p>\n
The \u201csurrogate mother\u201d shall mean the woman who bears the child on behalf of the commissioning mother and the expression \u201ccommissioning father\u201d would mean the intending father of the child born through surrogacy, the Personnel Ministry clarified in the amended rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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