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The Telangana Employees Accountability and Monitoring of Parental Support Act, 2026

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY

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(1) in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
- (a) “Appointing Authority” means the concerned Appointing Officer of the office in which the employee is serving;
- (b) “Apportioned Salary” means fifteen (15%) per cent or Rs. 10,000/- whichever is less of the monthly gross salary of an employee, as ordered by the Designated Authority or the Senior Citizens Commission, to be paid from and out of the gross salary of the employee to the dependent parents;
- (c) “Basic needs” means and includes food, shelter, clothing, medical treatment, medical attendance, and other essential necessities;
- (d) “Dependent parent” means the mother, father, or both, whether biological or step-parents, who are unable to maintain themselves and do not have an adequate source of income of their own;
- (e) “Designated Authority” means an authority constituted under section 5 of the Act;
- (f) “Employee” means,-
  - (i) any person appointed by, and under the control of the State Government and drawing salary from the Consolidated Fund of the State through the Government Treasury;
  - (ii) any person working in an organization functioning within the State of Telangana whether public or private;
  - (iii) the elected and nominated members, and employees of the local bodies governed under the provisions of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 and the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019;
  - (iv) the office bearers, the Members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly and the Telangana Legislative Council as referred in the Telangana Payment of Salaries and Pension and Removal of Disqualification Act, 1953;
  - (v) the employees of the corporations i.e. State public undertakings, State owned public undertakings which are receiving State Funds; and
  - (vi) other bodies as may be notified and added in the Schedule to the Act.
- (g) “Employer” means the Appointing Authority of an office of the State Government or of an organization referred to under clause
- (h) of this section;
- (h) “Organization” means any organization functioning within the State of Telangana whether public or registered/licensed private institutions/establishments;
  - (i) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
- (j) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act.
- (k) “Senior Citizens Commission” means a Commission constituted under Section 15 of the Act;
- (l) “State Level Monitoring Body” means the Body to be constituted under section 23 of this Act to review and monitor the implementation of various provisions of the Act;
- (m) “State Government” means Government of Telangana;
(2) Words and expressions used in the Act, but not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Maintenance and Welfare of parents and senior citizens Act, 2007.

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