The State government’s plans on ushering in the Karnataka Women Well Being Leave Bill, 2025, seen as a pioneering legislation in the country, seems to have gone on the backburner for the time being amid opposition from several quarters.
The Bill was proposed to be introduced during the last Winter Session in Belagavi, even as the Government Order on the one-day menstrual leave a month had been questioned in the Karnataka High Court. The Bill, however, did not make it to the legislature.
Opposition
“We have decided to put the Bill on the backburner due to opposition. It was also felt that school girls who are also covered in the Bill could be stigmatised if they avail themselves of the menstrual leave. It was felt that the Bill required wider consultation,” sources in the government told The Hindu.
He also acknowledged that there was opposition from a few Ministers as well.
