The Lok Sabha on December 05, 2025, introduced the Menstrual Benefits Bill, 2024.
The following has been stated namely: -
• It applies to: -
o Every establishment being a factory, mine or plantation including any such establishment belonging to Government and to every establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances
o Every shop or establishment within the meaning of any law for the time being in force in relation to shops and establishments in a State, in which ten or more persons are employed, or were employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months.
• Every woman employee working in the establishment during her menstruation shall be entitled to thirty minutes of rest period twice a day for not more than four days during menstruation in a month.
• Every establishment having fifty or more employees shall have the facility of crèche within such distance as may be prescribed, either separately or along with common facilities.
• Every establishment shall intimate in writing and electronically to every woman at the time of her initial appointment regarding every benefit available under this Act.
[Bill No. 157 of 2024]
