All breast feeding working mothers can now work from home on the Pedestrian Day. As per the circular issued by the cabinet secretariat on August 24, all government organizations must make special arrangements using ICT facilities for the breast feeding mothers to submit their one day stay home work proposals to be approved by their respective supervisors.
The circular also states the decision has been taken by the government as per the infant and young child policy 2009.The policy states that to promote, protect and support breast feeding it is the will of the royal government that all children be exclusively breast-fed for the first six months and to continue breast-feeding till the child attains two years of age.
