Mumbai: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar introduced a private member’s bill proposing stricter responsibility for govt employees towards their dependent parents.The proposed bill stated that if a state govt employee failed to properly care for their ageing parents, authorities might direct that 20% of the employee’s salary be transferred to the parents to support their well-being. Mungantiwar stated that it would strengthen family responsibility and ensure financial security for senior citizens who were neglected by their children.The proposed bill might come before the Assembly for discussion in the next session.Referring to his earlier tenure as a minister, Mungantiwar said, “Often when files would come to me pertaining to the officers seeking transfer to their home district. Most of the time, they cited the same reason: that they needed to take care of their parents. Also, now officers use their parents’ name along with their own on nameplates. Then why not make it their legal duty to take care of their parents, through the new law. If they fail, on the parents’ request, 20% of their salary is transferred to them for their well-being.”He named the proposed law the Maharashtra Employee Parent Responsibility, Accountability and Care Act, which will have a provision that if a dependent parent or disabled sibling sought a maintenance allowance from their state govt kin, they might apply to the designated authority for a portion of their salary to be paid to them every month.
