Govt to make creches compulsory in all organizations: Maneka Gandhi
Govt to make creches compulsory in all organizations: Maneka Gandhi
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Wednesday;June 8,2016 : Maneka Gandhi ,union minister of women and child development said, " the ministry is working on a comprehensive plan to make crèches mandatory in all organizations."

At a workshop for women journalists organized together by the WCD ministry and the I&B ministry, where she was answering the query of a engrave,Gandhi said,"We are working on a comprehensive policy to make crèches mandatory," she said.

Gandhi further added, "she had written to the labour ministry and that any organisation with more than 10 women employees will have to provide mandatory day care facilities for the children of the women employees."

According to the ministry official , "they intend to start with government offices. "We run several crèches currently. But it is not proving of much help at the moment. We want to make it mandatory for private companies as well,"

Gandhi is said to have on paper to the trade ministry, and to commerce bodies like FICCI and ASSOCHAM to make sure companies cooperate."Half of a hospital's workforce are women nurses. We will reign in hospitals, unorganised sector enterprises, everyone under the scheme," added the minister

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