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What About the Father's Leave? It Is Parenting, Not Just Mothering

Tamil Nadu's Human Resources Management Minister D Sarathkumar announced on August 18 that women government employees would get 365 days of maternity leave for a third child, replacing the earlier 12-week cap that the Madras High Court had criticised as inadequate. The announcement was pitched as both a welfare measure and a fertility-boosting intervention, triggering debate over whether expanding maternity leave alone can…