What is the maximum period for which any woman is entitled to maternity benefit ........

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What is the maximum period for which any woman is entitled to maternity benefit?

6 weeks

12 weeks

18 weeks

26 weeks

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Explanation:

Maternity Benefit is payable for a maximum period of 26 weeks upto 2 surviving children in case of confinement of which not more than 8 weeks shall precede the expected date of confinement, on production of form 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21.

Vide Section 5 of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, as amended in 2017, the Government has increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks