This is Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani’s reasoning against period leaves…
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00:00What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
00:08Menstruation and a menstrual cycle is not a handicap.
00:111992-93, Bihar was the first state under the leadership of Laluji, which gave menstrual leave for the first time, followed by Kerala.
00:21Followed by Kerala.
00:22So, my question is that what measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
00:33Thank you, sir.
00:34Sir, as the gentleman would concede that as a menstruating woman, I can very particularly in this house say,
00:42menstruation and a menstrual cycle is not a handicap, neither it's a natural part of a woman's life journey.
00:50Given that women today are opting for more and more economic opportunities,
00:55I will just put my personal view on this, sir. I'm not the officiating ministry.
01:20What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
01:27What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
01:34What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
01:41What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
01:47What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
01:52What measures are in place to make compulsory provisions for employers to grant certain number of paid menstrual leave to female employees?
01:57The Honorable Prime Minister has ensured that through 10,000 Jana Ushadi Kendras in the country,
02:03sanitary pads are available at one rupee.
02:06And to my knowledge, sir, thus far, I have not heard of or read of any complaints from that product.
02:12And to my knowledge, thus far, I have not heard of or read of any complaints from that product.
02:42And to my knowledge, thus far, I have not heard of or read of any complaints from that product.
02:47And to my knowledge, thus far, I have not heard of or read of any complaints from that product.
02:52We should not propose issues where women are in some way denied an equal opportunity
02:58just because somebody who does not menstruate has a particular viewpoint towards menstruation.