One or both parents must submit an application for assignment to the designated authority (collector). | Photo credit: GETTY IMAGES
The Telangana Assembly on Sunday (March 29, 2026) passed a bill to ensure that state government and private sector employees take care of their parents/step-parents by transferring 15% of their monthly gross salary or ₹10,000 to their bank account. Parents have to submit an application for this amount to the district collectors, which has to be processed within 60 days. In case of rejection, they can submit another application to the senior committee. The bill was passed months after Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced that laws would be changed to ensure that a portion of an employee’s salary is deposited into the parents’ account.
Although the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Central Act No. 56 of 2007) has been implemented since 2008, there is a need for “a more focused and enforceable mechanism to ensure that employed children, especially those receiving salaries from the government or the private sector, are held accountable for the maintenance and welfare of their dependent parents,” the bill states.
Below are some of the key provisions of the bill that have yet to be approved by the Council.
Name of the Act
Telangana Employee Parental Support Accountability and Monitoring Act, 2026
What category of employees does it apply to?
Employees of the state administration or those under its control receive their salary from the state consolidated fund
Employees of private organizations operating in the state
MLAs, MLCs, rural and urban local bodies elected and nominated leaders, their employees
Employees of corporations
Employees of state-owned public enterprises that receive state funds
Application
One or both dependent parents of an employee may submit a written request to the designated authority for the division of the employee’s monthly salary.
Parents must demonstrate that they do not have a sufficient source of income to support themselves and that they need financial support from an employee. Personal monthly income must be stated.
Who is the designated authority?
Collector
What does the office do?
The office will determine the validity of the claim within 60 days and process the request. The applicant and the employee concerned will have an opportunity to be heard.
If the claim is justified, the designated authority will approve the distribution and determine the amount to be paid monthly directly to the bank account of the parent(s).
How much will be distributed?
It will be 15% or ₹ 10,000, whichever is lower, of the employee’s monthly gross salary
Refusal
If the designated authority rejects the request, the decision must be communicated in writing to all parties involved
Appeal from rejection or non-liquidation by designated authority
If the designated authority does not process the request within 60 days, or if the applicant is harmed by an order issued by the designated authority, he may prefer an appeal to the senior committee within 45 days from the date of delivery of the order.
Refusal
If the Commission determines that the appeal is not eligible for consideration under the provisions, it may dismiss the appeal within a specified period of sixty (60) days.
Penalty
If the employer does not comply with the orders, the designated authority or commission for the elderly can impose a fine.
Request to withdraw the application or cancel the order
Applicants may withdraw an application or appeal, or seek to have a split pay order set aside, before or at the time of the hearing, after the order has been made, or during the continuation of split pay.
Status of the bill
The bill was approved by the parliament on Sunday. After it is approved by the Council as well, it will be submitted to the Governor for his approval.
“With changing social dynamics, traditional family values are under pressure. Hence, it has become imperative to provide legal reinforcement of these duties. This legislation was brought forward under the leadership and inspiration of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.”Adluri Lakshman KumarMinister of Social Welfare
Published – 30 March 2026 18:44 IST
