Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday that female and single male government employees are eligible for 730 days of child care leave,

“Female government servant and single male gov’t servants appointed to the civil services and posts in connection with affairs of the Union, are eligible for child care leave [CCL] under Rule 43-C of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 for a maximum period of seven hundred and thirty days during the entire service for taking care of two eldest surviving children up to the age of 18 years and no age limit in case of differently-abled child,” Singh said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.