(1) Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under this Act shall also be entitled to receive from her employer a medical bonus of [three thousand five hundred]**, if no pre-natal confinement and post-natal care is provided for by the employer free of charge.
(2) The Central Government may before every three years, by notification in the Official Gazette, increase the amount of medical bonus subject to a maximum of twenty thousand rupees.
**Medical Bonus was Two thousand five hundred which was amended to three thousand five hundred in the year 2011.Notification is available in notification under the act.
Bonus
Maternity/Pregnancy
Women Employees
