A proposed legislation that seeks to allow employees not to entertain work-related calls and emails outside work hours, as well as one to exempt Tamil Nadu from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, were among a slew of private members’ legislation introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday (December 5, 2025).
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The ‘Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025’ which proposes to establish an employees’ welfare authority to confer the right on every employee to disconnect from work-related telephone calls and emails beyond work hours and on holidays, was introduced by Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule.
Congress MP Kadiyam Kavya moved another bill, the ‘Menstrual Benefits Bill, 2024’, which proposes to provide certain facilities at the work place for women employees, to help during menstruation, by laying down a legal framework.
NEET exemption
