 the maternity llenefit bill, 1960(to bb introducbd in lok sabra)  arrangement of clauses clausib1 short title, extent and commencement 2 application of act 3 definitions 4 employment of, or work by women prohibited during certain period 5 right to payment cf maternity benefit 6 notice of claim for maternity benefit and payment thereof 7 payment of maternity benefit in case of claimant's death 8 payment of medical bonus 9 leave of miscarriage 10 leave for illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child, or miscarriage 11 nursing breaks 12 dismissal during absence or pregnancy 13 no deduction of wages in certain cases 14 appointment of inspectors 15 powers and duties of inspectors 16 inspectors to be public servants 17 powers of inspectar to direct payments to be made 18 forfeiture of maternity benefit 19 abstract of act and rules thereunder to be exhibited 20 register, etc  clauses21 penalty for contravention of act by employer 22 penalty for obstructing inspector 23 cognizance of offences 24 protection of action taken in good faith 25 power of central govemm-ent to give directions 26 power to exempt establishments 27 effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this act 28 power to make rules 29 amendment of act 69 of 1951 30 repeal  the maternity benefit bill, 1960 (to be introduced in lolt sabha) a billto regulate the employment of women in certain eltablibhmtnts fot certain periods before and after child-birth and to ptovide fot paymerut of maternity benefit to them be it enacted by parliament in the eleventh year of the republic cf india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be caned the maternity benefit act, 1960 ~:t:sc, (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jrunmu ::ence-5 and kashmia- (3) it shall come into force on such date as may be notified in this behalf in the official gazette,-(a) in relation to mines in the territories to which this act extenda, by the central government; and 10 ' (b) in relation to other establishments in a state, by the state government 2 (1) it applies, in the first instance, to every establishment application being a factory, mine or plantation including such establishments of act belonging to government: j 5, provided that the state government may, with the approval of ~he central government, after giving not less than two months' notice of its intention of so doing, by n<1tification in the official gazette, decl~ that all or any of the provisions of ws act shall apply also to any other establishment or class of establishments, industrial, commercial or agricultural 34 of 19048 (2) nothing contained in this act shall apply to any factory or other establishment to which the provisions of the employees' state insurance act, 1948, apply for the time being s 3 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a) "appropriate gove!i"nment" means, in relation to an establishment being a mine, the central government and in relation to any other establishment, the state govemmen,t; 10 (b) "child" includes a still-born child; (c) "deolivery" means the birth of a child; (d) "employer" means--(i) in relation to an establishment which is under the control of the government, a person or authority eppointed by the government for the supervision and control of is employees and where no person or authority is so appointed, the head of the department; (ii) in relation to an establishment under any local authority, the person appointed by such authority for the supervision and control of employees or whe,re no person 20 is so appointed, the chief executive officer of the local authority; (iii) in any other case the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the, affairs of the establishment and where the said affairs are entrusted to 2, any other person whe~her called a manager, managing director, managing agent, or by any other name, such person; (e) "establishment" means a factory, mine, or plantation, or an establishment to which the provisions of this act have been declared under sub-section (1) of section 2 to be appli- 30 cable; (f) "factory" means a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the factories act, 1948; 63 ef 1941 (g) "inspector" means an inspector appointed under section 14; (h) "maternity be,nefit" means the amount of money payable under the provisions of this act to a woman employed in an e9l:ahlishment;  (i) "mine" means a mine as defined in clause (;) of section 2 of the mines act, 1952; 35 of 195a 5 (j) "miscarriage" means expulsion of the contents of - pre,gnant uterus at any period prior to ocr during the twentysixth week of pregnancy but does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is punishable under the indian penal code, 1860;  (ie) "plantation" means a plantation as defined in clause (j) of section 2 of the plantations labour act, 1951; 690f i9<u· 10 ~ (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by !rules made this act; under (m) "state government", in relation to a union territory, means the administrator thereof; (n) "wages" means all remuneration paid or payable in is cash to a woman, if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled and includes-(i) such cash allowances (including dearness allowance and house rent allowance) as a woman is for the time being entitled to; and (ii) the money value of the concessional supply of foodgrains and other articles, but does not include-(i) any bonus; (ii) over-time earnings and any deduction or payment 25 made on account of fines; (iii) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund or f(li' the benefit of the, woman under any law for the time being in force; and (iv) any gratuity payable on the termination of service; 30 (0) "woman" means a woman employed, whether directly or through any agency, for wages in any establishment, 4 (1) no employer shall knowingly employ a woman in any employment establishment during the six weeks immediately following the day of, or work by women 35 of her delivery or her miscarriage prohibited during cer-(3) no woman shall work in any establishment during the six taid period weeki immediately following the day of her delivery or her miecarriap, (3) without prejudice to the provisions of section a, no pregnant woman shall, on a request being made by her in this behalf, be required by her employer to do during the period specified in subsection (4) any work which is of an arduous nature or which involves long hours of standing, or which in any way is likely to interfere 5 with her pregnancy or the, normal development of the foetus, or is likely to cause her miscarriage or otherwise to adversely affect her health (4) the period referred to in sub-section (3) shall be-(a) the period of one month immediately preceding the 10 period of six weeks, before the date of her expected delivery; (b) any period during the said period of six weeks for which the pregnant woman does not avail of leave of absence unde·r section 6 right to pay-5 (1) subject to the provisions of this act, every woman shall j 5 ~:t:yof=!: be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of fit maternity benefit at the rate of the average daily wage for the period of her actual absence immediately preceding and including the day of her delivery and for the six weeks immediately following that - e:rp1anation-for the purpose of this sub-section, the average daily wage means the average of the woman's wages payable to her for the days on which she has worked during the period of twelve calendar months immediately preceding the date from which she absents herself on account of maternity, or seventy-five naye paise 25 a day, whichever is higher (2) no women shall be entitled to maternity benefit unless she has been employed in an establishment of the employer from whom she claims maternity benefit, for a period of not less than two hundred wld forty days in the twelve months immediately preceding 30 the date of her expected delivery: provided that the qualifying period of two hundred and forty days aforesaid shall not apply to a womoan who has immigrated into the state of assam and was pregnant at the time of the immigmtion (3) the maximum period for whkh any woman shall be entitled 35 to the payment of maternity benefit shall be twelve weeks, that is to say, six weeks up to and including the day of her deuvery and six weeks immediately following that de,~ provided that where a woman dies during this period the maternity benefit shall be payable qnly fpi' the day up to fjld ~clud!ni 40 the day of her death , 6 (1) any woman employed in an establishment and entitled to norice ()f maternity benefit under the provisions of this act may give notice =!~ in writing in such form as may be prescribed, to her employer, stating benefit nd that her maternity benefit may be paid to her or to such person 8s rhl::e' 5 she may nominate in the notice and that she will not work in any establishment during the period for which she receives maternity benefit (2) in the case of a woman who is pregnant, such notice shall sbate the date from which she will be absent from work, not being 10 a ante eorlier than six weeks from the date of her expected delivery (3) any woman who has not given the notice when she was pregnant may give such notice as soon' as possible after the delive'ry , (4) on receipt of the notice, the employer shall permit such woman is to absent herself from the establishment until the expiry of six weeks after the day of her delivery (5) the amount of maternity benefit for the period preceding the date of her expected delivery shall be paid in advance by the employer to the woman on production of such proof as may be pres-20 cribed that the 'woman is pregnant, and the amount due for the subsequent period shalt b' paid by the employer to the woman within forty-eight hours of production of such proof as may be prescribed that the woman has been delivered of a chijd (6) the failure to give notice under this section shall not disen-25 title a woman to maternity benefit under this act if she is otherwise entitled to such benefit and in any such case an inspector may either of his own motion or on an application made to him by the' woman, order the payment oi such benefit within such period as may be specified in the order 30 '1 if a woman dies during the period for which she is entitled paymei,l' of to maternity benefit, the employer shall pay the mount of mater- =tdi~lik nity benefit due to her to the person nominated by her in thp case of c1ait·· d  6 d' h' ch  mant's dea h no lce given un er section an in case t ere ts no su nommee to her legal representative 35 8 every woman entitled to maternity benefit under this act =!jt of l1al1 also be entitled to receive from her employer a medical bonus t:oaus , of twenty-rve, rupees, if no pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge 9 in case of miscarriage, 8 woman shau, on production of such lc:ave for an f b -bed b  led 1'· ' mllcarr,e -  proo as may e prescn " e enflt to eave with wages at the 1" '01  ,mity -'flt,for perled of iii" weeks immediatel, followtnr the day of her miscarriage leave for ill-10 a woman suffering from illness arising out of pregnancy, ~:'o~r~~: delivery, premature birth of child or miscarriare shall, en producnaney, deli- tion of such proof as may be prescribed, be entitled, in addition to ~::l'bf~hma- the period of absence allowed to her under section 6, or as the case 5 of chi1~, or may be under section 9, to leave with wages at the rate of matermlscamage nity benefit for a maximum period of one month: nursing breaks 11 every woman delivered of a child who returns to duty after such delivery shall, in oaddition to the interval for rest allowed to her, be allowed in the course of her daily work two breaks of the 10 prescribed duration for nursing the child until the child attains the age of fifteen months dimisal during absence or prepney 12 (1) when a woman absents herself from work in accordence with the provisions of this act, it shall be unlawful for her employer to dismiss her during or on account of such absence or to give notice of dismissal on such a day that the notice will ex- 15 pire during su~h absence, or to vary to her disadvantage any of the conditions of her service (2) (a) the dismissal of a woman at any time during her pregn9ilcy, if the woman but for such dismissal would have been entitled to maternity benefit under this act, shall not have the 20 effect of depriving her of that maternity benefit except in the case of dismissal for gross misconduct (b) if any quest 'on arises whether dismissal was or was not for gross misconduct, it shall be referred to the inspector for decision 25 (c) any person aggrieved by the decision of the inspector may, within thirty days from the date on which such decision is communicated to such person, appeal to the prescribed authority (d) the decision of the prescribed authority where an appeal has been preferred to it under clauae (c) or of the inspector where 30 no such appro1 has been preferred, shall be final (e) nothing contaained in this sub-section shall affect the provisions contained in sub-section (1) l!lo deduc- 13 no deduction from the normal and usual daily wages of a i:;':~ woman entitled to the payment of maternity benefit under the pro- 35 visions of this act shall be made by reason only of-(a) the nature of work assigned to her by virtue of tbe provisions contained in sub-section (3) of section 4; or (b) breaks for nursing the child allowed to her udder the 010 provil1ons of section 11  14 the appropriate government may, by notification in the an:intment official gazette, appoint such officers as it thinks fit to be inspectors 0 inpectora for the purposes of this act and may define the local limits of the jurisdiction within which they shall exercise their functions under s this act 15 an inspector may, subject to such restrictions or conditions dpo'yer'fand   11 f h f 11  utles 0 as may be prescribed, exercise a or any 0 teo owmg powers, in!!pectora namely:-« 10 (a) enter at all reasonable times with such assistants, if any, being persons in the service of the government or any local or other public authority, as he thinks fit, any premises or place where women are employed or work is given to them in an establishment, for the purposes of examining' any registers, records and notices required to be kept or exhibited by or under this act and require their production for inspection; i' (b) examine any person whom he finds in any premises or place and who,' he has reasonable cause to believe, is employed in the establishment: provided that no person shall be compelled under this section to answer any question or give any evidence tending to incriminate himself; (c) requite the employer to give information regarding the names and addresses of women employed, payments made to them, and applications or notices received from them under this act; and (d) take copies of any registers and records or notices or any portions thereof  -  4, t:/( 1860 16 every inspector appointed under this act shall be deemed to inspectors to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the indian !:r~~~~c 30 penal code 17 (1) any woman claiming that maternity benefit to which power of she is entitled under this act and any person claiming that pay- di~spector to ireet pay· ment due under section 7 has been improperly withheld may make ments 0 be a complaint to the inspector made 3' (2) the inspector may, of his own motion or on receipt of a complaint referred to in sub-section (1), make an inquiry or cause an inquiry to be made and if satisfied that payment has been wrongfully withheld, may direct the payment to be made in accordance with his orders : (3) any person aggrieved by the decision of the inspector under sub-section (2) may, within thirty days from the citate on which such decision is communicated to such person, appeal to the prescribed authority (4) the decision of the prescribed authority where an appeal 5 has been preferred to it under sub-section (3) or of the inspector where no such appeal has been preferred, shall be final (5) any emount payable under this section shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue p rfi  f 18 if a woman works in any establishment after she has been 10 o enure 0 •• maternity permitted by her employer to absent herself under the provlslons benefit of section 6 for any period during such authorised absence, she shall forfeit her claim to the payment of the maternity l1enefit for such period abstract of 19 an abstract of the provisions of this act and the rules made 15 act and rules thereunder in the language or languages of the inr:ality shall be ~b!~j- exhibited in a conspicuous place by the employer in ('very part of ted the establishment in which women are employed registers, etc 20 every emphyer shell prepare and maintain such registers, records and muster-rolls and in such manner as may be prescribed 20 penalty for 21 if any employer contravenes the provisions of this act or c;ontbfvean-t the rules made thereunder, he shall be punishable with imprisontlono c  by employer ment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; and where the contravention is of any provision regarding maternity benefit and the 25 amount has not been already recovered, the court shall, in addition, recover the amount due on account of maternity benefit as if it were a fine and pay such amount to the person entitled thereto penalty for ob'tructing inspector 22 whoever fails to produce on demand by the inspector any register or document in his custody kept in pursuance of this act 30 or the rules made thereunder or conceals or prevents any person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both 23 (1) no prosecution for an offence punishable under this act 35 cognizance of offences or any rule made thereunder shall be instituted after the expiry of one year from the date on which the offence is alleged to oove been committed and no such prosecution shall be instituted except by, or with the previous sanction of, the inspector: 40 provided that in computing the period of one year aforesaid, the time, if any, taken for the purpose of obtaining such previous sanction shall be excluded 5 (2) no court inferior to that of a presidency magistrate or a magistrate of the first class shall try any such offence 24 no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie pr~tection of against any person for anything which is in good faith done or ~ct1on t~n in good faith intended to be done in pursuance of this act or of any rule or order made thereunder 10 25 the central government may give such directions as it may power of s g din th  t central godeem necessary to a tate overllment regar g e carrymg m 0 vemment to execution of the provisions of this act and the state government ~ive direcsh 11 1 ·th h d' t' tlons a comp y wi suc lrec lons 26 if the appropriate government is satisfied that having re- power to exempt esta-i 5 gard te>-~ blishment  (i) the seasonal character of the working of any establishment other than a mine and 6 plantation or of a class of establi~hments other than mines and plantations, or (ii) an establishment or a class of establishments providing for the grant of benefits which are not less favourable than those provided in this act, or (iii) any other sufficient reason, it is necessary so to do, it may, be notification in the official gazette, exempt, subject to such conditions and restrictions, if 25 any, as may be specified in the notification, the establishment or class of establishments from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this act or of any rule made thereunder 27 (1) the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstand- etrectoflaws o ing anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law or ~~ts agr:: 3 in the terms of any award, agreement or contract of service, whether consistent made before or after the coming into force of this act: a~~ this provided that where under any such award, agreement, contract of service or otherwise, a woman is entitled to benefits in respect of any matter which are more favourable to her than those to which 35 &he would be entitled under this act, the woman shall continue to be entitled to the more favourable benefits in respect of that matter, notwithstanding that she is entitled to receive benefits in respect of other matters under this act (2) nothing contained in this act shall be construed to preclude a woman from entering into an agreement with her employer for granting her rights or privileges in respect of any matter which are more favourable to her than those to which she would be entitled under this act power to mkerulci 28 (1) the appropriate government mey, subject to the condition of previous publication and by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-10 (a) the preparation and maintenance of registers, records and muster-rolls; (b) the exercise of powers (including the inspection of establishments) and the performance of duties by inspectors for the purposes of this act; 15 (c) the method of payment of maternity benefit and other benefits under this act in so far as provision has not been made therefor in this act; (d) the form of notices under section 6; (e) the nature of proof required under the provisions of this 20 act; (f> the duration of nursing breaks referred to in section 11; (g) the procedure to be observed in referring questions for decision to inspectors under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 12; ·25 (h) the authority to which an appeal shall lie against the decision of the inspector under section 12 or section 17; the form and manner in which such appeal may be made and the procedure to be followed in disposal thereof; (i) the form and manner in which complaints may be made 30 to inspectors under sub-section (1) of section 17 and the pro~ dure to be followed by them when making inquiries or causing inquiries to be made under sub-section (2) of that section; (j) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed (3) every rule made by the central government under this sec- 35 tion shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each house, of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session i~ediately following, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modi-s fied form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule 29 in section 32 of the plantations labour act, 1951,-amendment of act 69 of (a) in sub-section (1), the letter and brackets "(a)" before 19s i 10 the words "in the case of sickness", the word "and" after the words '!$ickness allowance" and clause (ib) shall be omitted; (b) in sub-section (2), the words "or maternity" shall be omitted 30 on the coming into force of this act in relation to mines, the repeal 15 mines maternity benefit act, 1941, shall stand repealed  statement of objects and reasonsmaternity protection is at present provided under the difterent state acts on the subject and three central acts, viz, the mines maternity benefit act, 1941, the employees' state insurance act, 1948 and the plantations labour act, 1951 there is considerable diversity in their provisions relating to qualifying conditions, period and rate of benefit, etc the proposed legislation seeks to reduce as far as possible the existing disparities in this respect it will apply to all establishments, including mines, factories and plantations, except those to which the employees' state insurance act, 1948 applies and its provisions approximate as nearly as possible to those of that act 2 the notes on clauses explain the main provisions contained in the bill new delhi; g l nanda the 21st november, 1960  notes of dawescl4use 2-the proposed legislation applies, in the first instance, to all establishments being factories, mines or plantations as defined in the factories act, 1948, the mines act, 1952, and the plantations labour act, 1951, respectively including such establishments belonging to government the state governments have also been empowered to apply the legislation to any other establishment or class of establishments, industrial, commercial or agricultural however, it will not apply to any factory or establishment to which the employees' state insurance act, 1948 applies clause 4-this clause prohibits the employment of, and work by, a woman during the six weeks immediately following the day of her delivery or her miscarriage it also provides that a woman, on her request, will not be employed on arduous work during a period of one month before proceeding on maternity leave clause 5-this clause entitles a woman to receive maternity benefit at the rate of her average daily wage subject to a minimum of seventy-five naye paise per day for a maximum period of 12 weeks, including 6 weeks following the day of her delivery the qualifying condition is employment for 240 days in the twelve months immediately preceding the expected date of delivery, but there is no such restriction as to entitlement in the case of an immigrant woman who is pregnant when she first arrives in assam clause 6-this clause deals with the procedure for claiming maternity benefit and for its payment and grant of maternity leave clause 7-this clause provides for payment of maternity benefit in case of the cl'aimant's death to her nominee or legal representative clause 8-this clause entitles a woman to receive a medical bonus of rs 25 if no pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge clause 9-this clause provides for grant of leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for six weeks in the case of miscarriage czawe 10-this clause provides for grant of additional leave with wagel!l at the rate of maternity benefit for a maximum period of one month in case of illness arising out of a pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child or miscarriage clause n-this clause provides for grant of two nursing breaks a day in addition to the daily interval for rest to mothers for feeding infants clause 12-this clause prohibits dismissal of a woman during or on account of absence on maternity leave and ensures that the conditions of her service will not be varied to her disadvantage during her absence it also provides that a woman shall not be deprived of the maternity benefit to which she may be entitled, on account of dismissal at any time during her pregnancy, except in cases of dismissal for gross misconduct clauses 14 and l5-these clauses relate to the appointments of inspectors and their powers and duties clause l7-this clause empowers the inspector to direct payments to be made after enquiring into complaints it also provides that the amount payable shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue clause ls-this clause provides for forfeiture of maternity benefit in respect of the period for which a woman may work in any establishment during maternity leave clauses 21 to 23-these clauses relate to penalties, procedure for prosecution and jurisdiction of courts to try offences under the bill clause 26-this clause provides for exemption from the provisions of the bill in certain cases clause 27-this clause ensures that if a woman worker is entitled to benefits which are more favourable than those provided for in the bill, she shall continue to enjoy those benefits clauses 29 and 30-these clauses provide for repeal of (i) the provisions of the plantations labour act, 1951, relating to maternity benefit and (ii) the mines maternity benefit act, 1941 necessary action to repeal the state maternity benefit acts will be taken by the state governments the le,gislation involves expenditure from the consolidated fund of india on account of its administration in mines and payment of benefits to women workers in central government factories, mines, etc there will, however, be· no additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of india on account of the administration of the legislation in mines as the mines maternity benefit act, 1941, which will be superseded, is already being administered by the central government as regards payment of benefits, the legislation will involve additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of india, as mate·rnity benefit in central government establishments will have tc be paid under clause 5 at the rate of average daily wage subject to a minimum of seventy-five naye paise per dey for a period of 12 weeks in cases where the present rate is lower or (he period of benefit is less than 12 weeks the legislation will further affect the number of women workers who qualify for the benefit and, consequently, also the liability of employers including the central government however, it is not possible to give an estimate of the additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of indie, as this would require the collection of a large volume of statistics and the expenditure will also have to be calculated on the basis of certain assumptions 2 in addition to the maternity benefit, the bill also provides for the following benefits:-(i) payment of medical bonus of rs 25 if no pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care is provided by the employer free of charge, (clause 8)  (ii) leave for miscarriage with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for a period of 6 weeks (clause 9) (iii) additional leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for a maximum period of one month in case of illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child or miscarriage (clause 10) the, above benefits are not available under all the existing maternity benefit acts, and as a result of the proposed legislatien, the , liability of employers, including the central government, will increase in this regard as, however, these benefits are admissible only in case of non-provision of free medical care or in the event of miscarriage or illness, it is also not possible to estimate the amount of additional expenditure from the consolidated fund of india in such cases - clause 28 of the bill empowers the appropriate government to make rules to caxry out the purposes of the act the matters in respect of which such rules may be made have been specified therein they relate, inter alia, to the form of notice for claiming the maternity benefit, the proof of pregnancy, delivery, miscarriage or illness, the authority to which appeals will lie against the decision of the inspector under clauses 12 and 17, powers and duties of inspectors, the preparation and maintenance of registers, records and muster-rolls thus the matters in respect of which rules may be made, are matters of procedure or detail 2 the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a nocmal character  annexure extracts from the plantations laboub act, 1951 (69 or 1951) - • - •sickdes and 32 (1) subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf =::~y every worker shall be entitled to obtain from his employer-- - - - (a) in the case of sickness certified by a qualified medical practitioner, sickness allowance, and (b) if a woman, in the case of confinement or expected confinement, maternity allowance, at such rate, for such period and at such intervals as may be prescribed - - - - a bill to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for certain periods before and after child-birth and to provide for payment of meternity benefit to them the president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, reconunended to lok sabha the consideration of the bill m n kaul, secretary (shri gularil4l nanda,  minister co labuur and employment) 