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Women employees in the organized sector will now get six months of paid maternity leave, more than double the entitlement so far, after the Lok Sabha on Thursday amended the law on maternity benefits. Terming the move a "gift on International Women's Day", labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said the legislation will have far reaching consequences both in terms of child care and female work force participation in India.
