Department of Personnel Training has given detailed information about the special provisions extended to the women employees in Central Government Jobs as follows vide Memo dated 8.7.2009:-
Maternity Benefits
A female Govt. employee with less than two survlvmg children is granted
Maternity Leave for 180 days. In continuation of the maternity leave a female
Govt. servant can also take any leave due and admissible for a period of two
years. In case of miscarriage including abortion, the female employee is
entitled to leave not exceeding 45 days* during entire service. (O.M.
No.13018j2j08-Estt.(L) dated 11.9.2008 & *Notification No.13018j7 j94-
Estt.(L) dated 31.3.1995).
Child Care Leave
The women employees having minor children and who have exhausted earned
leave are granted child care leave (admissible in different spells) for a
maximum period of two yrs. (i.e. 730 days) during their entire service for
taking care of up to two children whether for rearing or to look after any of
their needs like examination, sickness etc. In continu'ation of the Child Care
leave, a female Govt. servant can also take any leave due and admissible
for a period of one year. (0.M.No.13018j2j2008-Estt.(L)
dated 11.9.2008, 29.09.2008 & 18.11.2008)
Child Adoption Leave
A female Govt. employee with less than two surviving children is granted on
valid adoption of a child below the age of one year Child Adoption Leave for a
period of 135 days. In continuation of the Child Adoption leave a female Govt.
servant can also take any leave due & admissible for a period of one year.
(0. M. No.13018j4j2004-Estt. (L)dated 31.3.2006)
Special allowance to women with disability
Women employees with disabilities are paid Rs.I000j- p.m. as Special
Allowance for child care. The allowance is payable from the time of the child
birth till the child is two yrs. old for a maximum of two children. (O.M.
No.12011j04-Estt.AL) dated 11.9.2008)
Guidelines for provision of creche facility
The Govt. of India has set up day care centresj creches in Offices or major
residential areas of the employees as a welfare measure.
Posting of husband &wife at the same station .
The Govt of India has issued detailed instructions to its offices to ensure the
posting of the husband and wife at the same station so as to enable them to
lead a normal family life and to ensure the education and welfare of their
children (O.M.No.28034j2j27-Estt-A dated 3.4.1986 & 12.6.1997.To facilitate posting of couples in the same station, it has been approved that
in case of a woman officer,whose husband is posted under the Govt. of India,
the 'cooling off period may be waived up to six months so that she may get a
posting at the station where her husband is posted.
Special priority for working women in allotment of residential accommodation.
The Directorate of Estates maintains a separate pool for the married/ single
women in Govt. house allotment.
Provision for protection of women as kept in CCS Conduct Rules, 1964.
Rule 3.3(C) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964 explicitly
prohibits acts of sexual harassment of any women at her work place. For this
purpose, "Sexual Harassment" includes such unwelcome sexually determined
behaviour, whether directly or otherwise, as
(a)physical contact and advances,
(b) demand or request for sexual favours,
(c) sexually coloured remarks,
(d)showing any pornography or
(e)any other unwelco~e physical, verbal or nonverbal
conduct of a sexual nature.
The guidelines issued under the said Conduct Rules vide DOPT's O.M.
No.ll013/10/97-Estt.(A) dated 13.2.1998 provide for creation of an
appropriate complaint mechanism in every organisation for redressal of the
complaints made by the victims. In terms of DOPT's O.M. No.ll013/10/97-
Estt.(A) dated 13.7.1999 and O.M No.ll013/11/2001-Estt.(A) dated
22.7.2003, a complaint committee should be headed by an officer sufficiently
higher in rank than that of the complainant. As per sub-rule(2) of rule 14 of
the Central Civil Services (Clarification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and
the instructions issued vide DOPT's O.M. No.ll013/11/2001-Estt.(A) dated
4.8.2005, the report of the complaints committee shall be deemed to be an
inquiry report.
Rule 13-A of the said rules says, no Government servant shall -
(a) Give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry.
(b) Demand directly or indirectly, from the parent or guardian of a bride bridegroom, as the case may, any dowry.
Age Relaxation for appointment
Widows,divorced woman and woman judicially separated from their husbands
and who are not remarried are allowed age concession up to the age of 35
years (40 years for member of SCs/STs) for posts of Group C&Dfiled through
SSC/Employment Exchange (O.M.No.15012/6/98-Estt.(D) dated 21.12.1998)
Special dispensation for women officers of North East Cadre.
All India Service lady officers borne on the North East Cadres may be allowed
to go on inter cadre deputation after completion of six years of actual service
in the North East. Such lady officerswould also be eligible for deputation for a
maximum of 9 years instead of five years. The lady officers would have the
flexibility to utilize the maximum allowable period of inter cadre deputation in
two spells instead of one. (O.M.No.13017j 16j2003-AIS (1)dated 11.7.2006)
In case of marriage between an All India Services lady officer borne on the
North East Cadre and an officer of another Cadre, the lady officer would be
mandatorily accommodated in the cadre of her spouse, if she so opts.
(O.M.No.13017j 16j2003-AIS (1) dated 10.7.2006)
Change of Cadre in case of marriage of All India Service Officer
Inter cadre transfer is permitted for members of All India Service officers on
marriage to another member of All India Service where the officer or officers
concerned have sought a change. (O.M.No.13017j16j2003-AIS(1) dated
8.11.2004).
Department of Personnel & Training Memo No 13018/4/2009-Estt.(L) dated 8.7.2009