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The Telangana government has passed Telangana Employees Accountability and Monitoring of Parental Support Bill in the Assembly. The landmark Bill aims to provide support to ‘neglected’ parents. The Bill proposes to deduct salary from private and public sector employees, who are failing to support their parents.
Speaking during the debate, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said that the rights of parents should be protected by goodwill but when dependent parents are neglected, the Bill aims to ensure that their rights are protected.
The Bill proposes that the neglected parents file an application before the district collector, who will be the designated authority for adjudicating the cases. It also proposed the formation of a Senior Citizen Commission to handle appeals against the Collector’s orders.
The bigger question is will the Bill serve the purpose. After cutting the salaries, will the money be deposited into the parents’ accounts in total or will some others meddle with the money in the process. Another major problem to the Bill is will it be implemented without any loopholes on the ground.
A foolproof mechanism should be put in place for strict implementation of the law. According to the proposal, district collectors should be the adjudicating authorities when the parents lodge complaints. Moreover, these complaints could possibly overburden the collectors, who already are occupied with several other works.
In addition, how many parents would publicly approach the collectors complaining about their own children. In the Indian society, parents would not prefer to point fingers at the children raised by them. They would rather endure the negligence instead of complaining which they consider more like an insult to their own selves. They would also fear torture by their children, when one of the spouses passes away, as it would automatically make the other partner morally weak.
There can be many rules and laws but implementing them effectively is the major challenge. This law is akin to the amendments done to the Hindu Succession Act in 1985-86 by former CM and TDP founder NT Rama Rao. He amended the law to provide equal right to daughters, along with sons, on parents’ property.
Nearly 20 years later, in 2005, the Centre also passed a similar legislation but are women getting equal right on property? Many women are still fighting legal battles to assert their right.
Passing the Bill is the first step but its implementation and the response to the law are the major factors that would decide its effectiveness.
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