Maharashtra Govt To Reduce Working Hours Of Women Police | Social Media Taunts At Equality & Pay Parity Campaigns

The Maharashtra government has decided to reduce the working hours of women police personnel from 12 hours to eight hours, said Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey on Friday.

The DGP told ANI,

We have implemented eight hours shift for all the women police personnel in the state. It has been reduced from 12-hour shift.

Impact on Family Affairs

As quoted by media, several women police constables had requested the DGP stating that their duty hours are often extended past the specified 12 hours, which impacts their family affairs.

Notably, DGP Pandey after consulting with senior officials had recently issued a notice to the City Commissioners and the district police to avoid assigning night patrolling duty or other such stressful work to the lower rank officers. The DGP had stated in the order that his office has come to know that police officers and constables are being assigned night patrolling or 24-hour duty a day before the weekly off, reported Republic World.

Thanking Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and state Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, NCP leader and Baramati MP Supriya Sule tweeted,

The Maharashtra government has decided to reduce the working hours of women police officers from 12 hours to eight hours a day. This is a really good initiative by the state government as this will help to have better coordination between family and the duties of women officers.

I thank chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and home minister from bottom of my heart for taking this decision.

महाराष्ट्र सरकारने महिला पोलीसांची ड्युटी बारा तासांहून आठ तासांची करण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आहे. हा अतिशय चांगला निर्णय असून यामुळे अनेक महिला पोलीस कर्मचाऱ्यांना कुटुंब आणि नोकरी यामध्ये उत्तम असा ताळमेळ साधता येणे शक्य होणार आहे.
— Supriya Sule (@supriya_sule) September 24, 2021

However, social media was quick to question the myth about Equality and Pay Parity campaigns.

"Maharashtra govt has decided to reduce the working hours of women police personnel from 12 hours to 8 hours": Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey

Source | ANI pic.twitter.com/M1Y4mt40NX
— Men’s Day Out (@MensDayOutIndia) September 24, 2021

Most people said that women want equal opportunities, but when it comes to equal responsibilities at work, they expect privileges. Many even questioned, if the women officers would face pay cut, because male officers will be putting in more hours at same salary.

Some argued, that women deserved this because they are the ones who have to juggle between home and work. To this, many said that men too juggle with household chores, but there are no extra marks for the same.

Here are a series of responses to the announcement this morning :

Doesn't take long to shove equality out of the window. 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/T5da1xwKWu
— Voyager (@GrumpyChanakya) September 24, 2021

First they will take job based on equality then play victim card based on gender. Very soon they will demand men bodyguards as these are risky jobs. https://t.co/Imk5zg841k
— a hindu (@ahindu_) September 24, 2021

Salary for women police will still be same because Equality? 🤔 https://t.co/7cukxArPtA
— MenRightsIndia (@MenRightsIndia) September 24, 2021

Even for a male personnel working hours should be reduced to 8 hours. 12 hours is too much. No employee of any department should be working for more than 8 hours . Work-Life balance is must for better productivity https://t.co/DaAf2B1j0l
— Dasayu (@Dasayu1) September 24, 2021

If feminism was about equality, you'd see protests. It's not, which is why you don't. https://t.co/L5bwmfIiF5
— LifeMathMoney (@LifeMathMoney) September 24, 2021

That's why I have 0 respect or chivalry towards any working wimen

> First play gender card to get reservation
> Then play gender card to work less
> Again gender card to get equal wage
> Gender card again for promotion and other freebies https://t.co/riHBJc2ymC
— Alex Hunter (@TradeHunterAlex) September 24, 2021

Indian men have become second class citizens https://t.co/OPL49d6l8a
— rakesh garu (@rakeshgaru2) September 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/harisk50/status/1441322073360502787?s=20

@DGPMaharashtra assume @CMOMaharashtra will increase perks and salary for taking on more workload?
Be fair to the men please, especially constable who spend most waking hours standing on some duty or the other https://t.co/7erP3c2SQQ
— Sumit Sharma (@MediaSumit) September 24, 2021

I really don't understand the logic behind such decisions, this things will never empower women, rather it ll take one back
When both r in Same profession with same job profile & same salary why less working hrs??
We deserve equal pay n equal work not less work with same/less pay https://t.co/PT6coomZpu
— Nobody Special🇮🇳 (@n0oneactually) September 24, 2021

Meltdown of many men under the comment section is kind of weird to watch. They don't take into account the amount of domestic chores women have to do in spite of working in different sectors. Data shows it clearly👇https://t.co/4HEl7R8pAC https://t.co/PHDs8cS7Bd
— Anvi (@Anvi_Mishra_) September 24, 2021

Men rights gai tel lene.

Now men will have to work more to compensate same.

And after all this when Men come home only to hear.

खाना बनाने के लिए नौकरानी हूं क्या।

Saluting Hypocrisy. https://t.co/pjKAhcZyAA
— The Baghel 🇮🇳 सुनील 'बघेल' (@SunilkrBaghel) September 24, 2021

Feminist should raise the voice against this gender discrimination. https://t.co/8GJQ93dnZg
— Fenil (@feniljdedhia) September 24, 2021

Fair enough, as long as govt reduces the salaries proportionately. Equal pay for equal work. https://t.co/9uQxcGVebr
— Amit Thadhani (@amitsurg) September 24, 2021

Work From Home hi kar do https://t.co/KMxfb79mPh
— Arnaz Hathiram (@ArnazHathiram) September 24, 2021

This is wrong at so many levels
1. It is #misogyny that u think women r weak
2. It is #misandry that u doesn't care about men's personal life
3. If working hours r reduced but salary isn't, then it is violation of constitution@DGPMaharashtra #EqualityMustBeEqual #MensLivesMatter https://t.co/aziQW6uFWU
— Men's World (@MensWorld18) September 24, 2021

Those who rant equal pay on here for women need to realize why it cannot be equal. Factors like these which are natural tend to create demand & supply. You can't make 'rules' like these India because no one will hire women with 8hrs at same salary. https://t.co/DIZRTWNOWb
— Umair waheed 🇵🇰 🍴 (@Umair0094) September 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/Vishwas46981613/status/1441294029606436864?s=20

Good decision. Physical endurance of a female body is not same as men (special while working in outdoor conditions). People who are trolling this decision need to understand this basic science. https://t.co/cHV0qBq7TS
— Saket Jaiswal (@saketjaiswal_sj) September 24, 2021

Men life also matters . https://t.co/g3tJuooYs6
— Sumit (@sumitsaurabh) September 24, 2021

This effectively means more time and responsibilities by male police personnel, less time for sleep, less time for family, ignored health & mental well-being for men in Maharashtra police.
As a result common citizen suffers & complaint about the performance of the department. https://t.co/agEm97WABF
— Amit Lakhani (@TheAmitLakhani) September 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/Ritesh36355726/status/1441378712436371463?s=20

Men will continue to work 12 hours because they have 4 hands and 4 legs. https://t.co/zc1Zj5wsxf
— जीतेन्द्र कुमार 🇮🇳 (@jitendra_kr) September 24, 2021

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