Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act 1961.

Most important mcq points  on Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act 1961.

1. As per Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act, the max­i­mum pe­riod for which any woman shall be en­ti­tled to ma­ter­nity ben­e­fit shall be twenty six weeks.



2. The con­di­tion of 80 days of em­ploy­ment in the 12 months im­me­di­ately pre­ced­ing the date of ben­e­fit has been made an el­i­gi­bil­ity con­di­tion for get­ting Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit un­der the Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act.


3. The Royal Com­mis­sion on Labour ex­am­ined Bom­bay and Mad­hya Pradesh is the two States’ Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Acts and rec­om­mended en­act­ment of sim­i­lar laws all over the coun­try.


4. The Work­men’s Com­pen­sa­tion Act, 1923, the Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act, 1965 and the Em­ploy­ees State In­sur­ance Act, 1948 so remember  If the Work­men’s Com­pen­sa­tion Act and the Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act are ap­plic­a­ble, the Em­ploy­ees State In­sur­ance Act is not ap­plic­a­ble.


5. Pro­vi­sions of Em­ploy­ees’ com­pen­sa­tion Act and Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act do not ap­ply to all in­dus­tries. Because e­ploy­ees’ Com­pen­sa­tion Act is a com­pre­hen­sive so­cial se­cu­rity leg­is­la­tion.


6. In the ma­ter­nity act, an in­spec­tor is ap­pointed un­der the Sec­tion 14.


7. No con­tri­bu­tion is re­quired for get­ting ben­e­fit un­der Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act & Em­ploy­ees’ Com­pen­sa­tion Act of the  leg­is­la­tion.


8. Sec­tion 5 of the act states the con­di­tions for el­i­gi­bil­ity of ben­e­fits.


9. Till 15 months of age of the child will a mother get 2 nurs­ing breaks in the course of her daily work.


10. Un­der the Ma­ter­nity Ben­e­fit Act, a woman em­ployee would get a med­ical bonus of Rs. 3500.