Ofcourse, you have to consider the two surviving children norm, read the excerpts of the Gazetted notification -
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(b) in rule 56, in sub-rule (2),--
(i) for the words “ twelve weeks of which not more than six weeks”, the words “twenty-six weeks of
which not more than eight weeks” shall be substituted;
(ii) after the first proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:--
“Provided further that the insured woman shall be entitled to twelve weeks of maternity benefit from
the date the child is handed over to the commissioning mother after birth or adopting mother, as the case may
be:
Provided also that the insured woman having two or more than two surviving children shall be entitled
to receive maternity benefits during a period of twelve weeks of which not more than six weeks shall precede
the expected date of confinement.”.
[F.No.S-38012/02/2016-SS-I]
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