Tuesday, December 14, 1999
Tribune News Service
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 — The National Commission for Women has recommended that parents and in-laws of government employees be included in the definition of "family" in the service rules. Taking suo motu cognisance of the service rules, the NCW has made several recommendations to the Department of Women and Child Development. These include widening the definition of "family" to include parents and in-law of government employees and changing rules regarding house building advance, home travel concession and transfer travel allowance. Under the present rules, old dependent parents are included in the definition of family members for the benefits assured by leave travel concession, Central Government health service and transfer travel allowance. Sources in the commission said once the definition was revised according to the recommendations, dependent in-laws will also be able to avail of benefits such as medical re-imbursement and transfer allowance. Ms Leena Mehendale, Joint Secretary, NCW told TNS that such an amendment would serve to support senior citizens. Ms Mehendale said the commission felt that the rules seemed to be biased against working women. The commission had urged the department to take up the matter with the authorities concerned to create a gender-friendly environment for working male and female employees. The NCW had recommended that when both husband and wife are government employees, house building allowance should be admissible to both according to the merit of their independent cases. The commission had also recommended that both husband and wife should be entitled to house rent allowance and suggested that both husband and wife as government employees be allowed to avail of the HTC simultaneously and separately for every block year.
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