Dharamshala, Dec 19 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh will demand sanction of maternity leave under the Centre's flagship NREGA programme, the state assembly was informed today.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister Jairam Thakur said in reply to a question that the state government will write to the Centre in this regard.
He said women were coming forward in large number to participate in the rural job guarantee programme.
While percentage of women under NREGA in 2008-09 was 39 per cent, it rose to 46 per cent in 2009-10 in Himachal Pradesh, he said.
Considering problems faced by pregnant women while on work, the state government would consider deputing a woman to look after children of less than six years of age of more than five pregnant women and setting up of "Balbari" centres.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister Jairam Thakur said in reply to a question that the state government will write to the Centre in this regard.
He said women were coming forward in large number to participate in the rural job guarantee programme.
While percentage of women under NREGA in 2008-09 was 39 per cent, it rose to 46 per cent in 2009-10 in Himachal Pradesh, he said.
Considering problems faced by pregnant women while on work, the state government would consider deputing a woman to look after children of less than six years of age of more than five pregnant women and setting up of "Balbari" centres.
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