The Code on Social Security, 2020
Section 64. Payment of medical bonus
In simple words
- A woman entitled to maternity benefit also gets a medical bonus of ₹3,500, or the amount the Central Government notifies, if her employer does not provide free pre-natal confinement and post-natal care s. 64.
An explanation, not the law. The official text below prevails.
Official text
Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under this Chapter shall also be entitled to receive from her employer a medical bonus of three thousand five hundred rupees or such amount as may be notified by the Central Government, if no pre-natal confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge.