Tamil Nadu Governement announces 365-Day maternity leave for women employees for third child

The Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister Vijay on Wednesday announced a series of welfare measures including extending 365 days of maternity leave for women state government employees for a third child and enhanced benefits for MLAsAccording to the announcement women working in the state government will now be entitled to 365 days of maternity leave for a third child bringing it in line with the leave available for the first two childrenHowever opposing the announcement DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said that Tamil Nadu was the first state to follow family planning and encouraged couples to have not more than two childrenTamil Nadu is the first state to follow family planning in a restricted sense That is why we stopped at two children It is better to have only two children in a family which will help the family and enable the parents to bring up their children the DMK leaders saidSaying that the current TVKled state government might be abandoning family planning he added But if they are having a third child it means they are abandoning the family planning programme I dont understand the meaning of this This government does not want family planning That is the only thing I can infer from thisAdditionally the state government also announced that cars will be provided to all MLAs at government expenseThe monthly vehicle allowance for every MLA has been increased to Rs 75000 while the assistant allowance has been fixed at Rs 25000 per monthFurther the government has decided to enhance health insurance coverage for MLAs under the government scheme from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakhMeanwhile the Tamil Nadu government has announced a series of major measures under Rule 110 covering milk procurement prices medical education healthcare infrastructure and insurance coverageThe government has announced an increase in the milk procurement price from Rs38 to Rs41 per litre The announcement states that as a result of the increase the government will incur an additional expenditure of Rs30 crore per month and Rs360 crore per yearIn the healthcare and medical education sector the government has announced Rs351 crore for increasing student admission capacity in government medical colleges A total of 6098 additional seats will be created for developing healthcare professionals including 660 BSc Nursing seats 1925 additional seats in nursing colleges and schools 2778 seats across 12 paramedical courses and 735 additional seats in medical coursesThe announcement also states that seven new government nursing colleges will be establishedIn Perambalur a 400bed worldclass multispeciality hospital will be established at an estimated cost of Rs300 crore The facility is intended to provide advanced medical treatment and healthcare servicesAnother major announcement concerns the Chief Ministers Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme The annual limit for medical treatment is proposed to be increased from Rs5 lakh to Rs25 lakh according to the announcementAdditional medical and surgical services for transgender persons will also be provided under the Chief Ministers Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme at Chennai Stanley Tirunelveli Thoothukudi Chengalpattu Thiruvarur Karur and Kanyakumari The milk procurement measure is expected to benefit more than 316 lakh milk producers In addition to the increase in the procurement price the government has announced that the government incentive will be increased from Rs3 to Rs5 per litreTaken together the announcements focus on improving the livelihoods of milk producers expanding medical and nursing education strengthening healthcare infrastructure increasing access to insurancefunded treatment and expanding specialised healthcare services across Tamil NaduThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever