The New Perspectives of Motherhood Advances In India: Maternity Benefit Act

Abstract

In the patriarchal society women is said to be the multi tasker in all the field there are many right and fundamental duties that is given to them. In a reformist civilization , it has been gradually realized that women end to end with the men play a protagonist performance  in making the nation flourish and as well as raising the financial economic of country . There has been a substantiation of tremendous revolution in the status of women with increasing their engagement in labour market, even though the leaning towards their social protection and social security is still under the certainty and disappointing. The usual occurrence behind this mentality of the society is the opinion of women as housewives, caregivers, mothers, and secondary sources of household activities. But now the time has come to change this traditional perception of the society. The government of India, to ensure gender impartiality has passed number of legislations which provide employment benefits such as wage benefits, better working conditions, maternity benefits and social security. Maternity benefits act as organizer which believed to create an environment that assist and improve a women worker’s capability to maintain balance in work and family engagements