Single male parents to get child care leave in Railways from April: Goyal

Railways will implement government's policy of providing leave to single male parents from April this year in order to promote justice and equality.

Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said as per government's policy single male railway employees can get two years' leave to take care of ir mir children.

"We have decided that single male railway servant can avail leave under scheme from April onwards," he told House.

" Railways provides child care leave to women employees to take care of ir mir children at birth or upto 18 years of ," he said.

He said parents can avail leave of one year with full pay and ar year with 80 per cent pay under scheme.

Central government had on December 11, 2018 taken decision to allow single male parents to avail of child care leave and Railways is implementing this from April this year, minister informed members.