Overview
- The circular, issued by Commissioner Vikas Suralkar, directs offices to grant one paid menstrual leave day each month to eligible women employees.
- Eligibility covers menstruating government staff aged 18 to 52, including permanent, contract and outsourced workers, as cited in departmental guidance.
- Rules specify no carry-forward, no combining with other leave and no medical certificate, with approvals handled by the casual-leave sanctioning authority.
- Departments must record menstrual leave in a separate attendance column, and applications are to be filed via the Electronic Employee Database System.
- Officials note immediate implementation and advise employees to alert section officers about urgent files, while some private-sector units begin aligning policies.