Karnataka becomes the first state to cover both government and private sectors in his policy of menstrual holidays. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/Istockphoto
In the dominant decision of the State Cabinet on Thursday (October 9, 2025), he approved the Menstrual holiday policy Karnataka-2025, which will ensure paid holidays on a day per month across the government and the private sector.
With this decision, Karnataka becomes the first state that covers both government and private sectors in its menstrual holiday policy. Odisha and Bihar have policy for government employees while Kerala implemented policy at universities.
Panel recommendation
Policy moved by the Ministry of Labor Karnataka is governed by the recommendations of the Committee, which submitted its report and sought for paid menstrual holidays. It can be used for all sectors where women are employed.
Although there was no uniform policy on menstrual leave, several states and private societies had a menstrual holiday policy, the Cabinet said.
In order to explore the idea of a menstrual holiday policy, Hindu was hosted by a webinar called “inclusion, equality or division? Exploring menstrual holidays on campuses”. Is it much needed reform for the well -being and integration of students and employees, or does it risk that it creates a new division?
The All-India Congress Congress (Aituc), the Karnataka Committee, said that this step would say in both sectors that this step would seize millions of women and was a progressive measure to protect women’s rights.
He noted that when trade unions strongly urged menstrual leave for one day per month, employers were against it, while the Ministry of Labor recommended six days a year.
“We are now asking the government to immediately take measures to make a decision through a legislative measure,” Aituc said in the note.
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Another decision
The government approved the Crore 405.55 GBP to build 11 residential schools for children of construction workers, 2,000 GBP Crore to rebuild 39 main bridges and 16 Crore anti -platform, which can reach up to 54 meters to meet the needs of the height building in the case of fire -reasonable.
It also approved the 550 GBP Crore to establish an autonomous medical school in Canacon with initial income of 150 MBBS students, approved by amendment of the Act on Social Resources for Karnataka and the 38 GBP Act to improve the security of the state data center.
Published – October 9, 2025 09:19
