Vide its office memorandum dated November 2, 2018, the Ministry
of Women and Child Development, Government of India issued National
Minimum Guidelines4 for setting up and running
Crèches under Maternity Benefit Act, 2017 (Crèche
Guidelines). Some of the key highlights of the Crèche
Guidelines are as under:
I. There should be one crèche for every 30 (thirty)
children which should be extended to children of age group of 6
(six) months to 6 (six) years of all employees including temporary,
daily wage, consultant and contractual workers;
II. The location of the crèche facility should be at the
workplace or within 500 (five hundred) meters from the premises of
the establishment;
III. Appointment of one crèche personnel along with one
helper for every 10 (ten) children in the age group of below 3
(three) years and for every 20 (twenty) children in the age group
of 3 (three) to 6 (six) years. It also provides for appointment of
a crèche-in charge if the number of
