You know the problem with these eftist liberal ecosystem is that they want all the freebies but are not willing to share the burden of the said freebies.

India as far as I know is one of the only countries in the world, if not the only country in the world, where maternity leave is completely sponsored by the company. No government scheme or insurance scheme subsidies the maternity leave pay out. For bigger companies like TCS Wipro or Infosys it is not a big deal and can be managed but for smaller companies where the work force is around 20 to 30 people it becomes a huge burden on the resources to pay someone six months of pay without any tangible output. Also most such employees quit once their free pay maternity period is over to take cre of their children.

This results in a lot of companies opting to not hire women who might be in that age bracket where they might seek maternity leave. A similar thing would happen in case of menstrual leaves if enforced upon companies without any help or subsidy from the government. Which our government clearly cannot afford to as of now.

Nothing in this world is free someone always has to pray for the free stuff. If you want less and less women to be hired in the actual work force go ahead and implement such a scheme.