Date: 2025-07-04Category: Not ApplicableState: MaharashtraCountry: India
Part V, Ext. 54, L. A. BILL No. XLII OF 2025.
A BILL to provide for Maternity Assistant to working Women and Agricultural Workers and for certain other matters connected therewith. Friday, 4th July 2025.
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**Title:** Maharashtra Working Women and Agricultural Workers (Maternity Assistance) Act, 2025 (Legislative Assembly Bill No. XLII of 2025)
**Purpose:** To provide maternity assistance to working women and agricultural workers in Maharashtra.
**Key Provisions:**
* Each eligible working woman and female agricultural worker is entitled to ₹20,000 as maternity assistance for each childbirth, limited to two deliveries.
* The Act applies to the entire state of Maharashtra.
* The Act will come into force on a date appointed by the State Government via notification in the Official Gazette.
* "Working women" and "female agricultural workers" are defined as women engaged in manual labor, working on farms or other locations on a daily wage basis, including those employed under the Employment Guarantee Scheme.
* The State Government is empowered to make rules to implement the provisions of this Act, subject to prior publication and approval by the State Legislature.
**Financial Implications:**
* The financial implications of the Act (₹20,000 per eligible woman for two deliveries) are to be met from the consolidated fund of the State. The exact recurring expenditure cannot be estimated at this stage.
**Authority:**
* The State Government holds the authority to implement the Act, decide the commencement date, and create regulations to execute and enforce the act.
**Contact:**
* Jitendra Bhole, Secretary-1, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
* Sudhir Mungantiwar, Interim Member.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Kamkari Striya va Mahila Shetamajur (Prasuti Sahayya) Adhiniyam, 2025: The Maharashtra Working Women and Women Agricultural Laborers (Maternity Assistance) Act, 2025, aimed at providing maternity assistance to working women and women agricultural laborers in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Vidhanmandal Sachivalaya: Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat, the entity presenting the bill.
State Government: The State Government of Maharashtra, responsible for implementing the provisions of the Act.
Mumbai: Location, where Vidhan Bhavan resides.