Menstruation Benefit Bill 2017:
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Protection of Vulnerable Sections of the society. Context: For five years, Ninong Ering, a Congress MLA from Pasighat West in Arunachal Pradesh, has championed legislating menstrual leave into law. In November 2017, as a Lok Sabha MP, Ering introduced the Menstruation Benefit Bill 2017, a private member’s bill, in …