Lok Sabha Question No. 358 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Employment Opportunities for Women
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *358

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2017

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

*358.   SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise number of educated, uneducated, skilled, unskilled, self-employed and unemployed women in the country at present; and
- (b) whether the employment opportunities for women have increased  substantially  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year and if so, the details thereof, year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (b) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *358 DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.03.2017  BY  SHRI  HARISH  CHANDRA  ALIAS  HARISH  DWIVEDI, M.P. REGARDING 'EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN'.

(a) to (b): According to the data compiled from State/ UT Governments  the  details  of  women  jobseekers  registered  with Employment Exchanges during 2013, not all of whom are necessarily unemployed are given below:

## (Figures in thousand)

|                            |     Men |   Women |   Total |
|----------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 10 th Class passed         | 12638.7 |  6120.9 | 18759.6 |
| 10+2 class passed          |  7712.4 |  4400.9 | 12113.3 |
| Graduates + Post Graduates |  4821.9 |  4319.6 |  9141.5 |

Details of registration and placements of women  jobseekers registered with Employment Exchanges are as below:

## (Figures in thousand)

|                       |    2011 |    2012 |    2013 |
|-----------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| Registration of women | 13694.8 | 15645.8 | 16549.1 |
| Placements            |    85.7 |    67.8 |    58.8 |

Further,  according  to  Annual  Employment  and  Unemployment survey  conducted  by  Labour  Bureau,  the  State-wise  details of Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Unemployment Rate and Selfemployed  for  women  aged  15  years  &  above  of  the  country on usual status basis during 2011-12 is at Annex.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *358 due for reply on 27.03.2017

State-wise details  of Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR),  Unemployment  Rate  and  Selfemployed for women aged 15 years & above of the country on usual status basis during 2011-12.

| Sl. No.   | State                |   WPR (per 1000) population) |   Unemployment Rate (%) |   Self -employed (per 1000 workers) |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |                          470 |                     3.7 |                                 333 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                          516 |                     2.9 |                                 902 |
| 3         | Assam                |                          245 |                     8.4 |                                 318 |
| 4         | Bihar                |                          178 |                     3.9 |                                 258 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         |                          542 |                     1.1 |                                 520 |
| 6         | Delhi                |                          117 |                     7.1 |                                 317 |
| 7         | Goa                  |                          212 |                    15.2 |                                 231 |
| 8         | Gujarat              |                          199 |                     0.5 |                                 526 |
| 9         | Haryana              |                          187 |                     5.5 |                                 476 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     |                          151 |                    16.3 |                                 464 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      |                           79 |                    25.7 |                                 217 |
| 12        | Jharkhand            |                          482 |                     1.8 |                                 557 |
| 13        | Karnataka            |                          333 |                     1.8 |                                 322 |
| 14        | Kerala               |                          237 |                    24.5 |                                 198 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       |                          172 |                     6.3 |                                 476 |
| 16        | Maharashtra          |                          328 |                     1.7 |                                 526 |
| 17        | Manipur              |                          464 |                     2.7 |                                 748 |
| 18        | Meghalaya            |                          499 |                     6.9 |                                 582 |
| 19        | Mizoram              |                          590 |                     2.3 |                                 791 |
| 20        | Nagaland             |                          559 |                     6.1 |                                 750 |
| 21        | Orissa               |                          237 |                     6.6 |                                 427 |
| 22        | Punjab               |                           94 |                    18.7 |                                 277 |
| 23        | Rajasthan            |                          319 |                     2.8 |                                 714 |
| 24        | Sikkim               |                          482 |                    13.2 |                                 508 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           |                          393 |                     5.4 |                                 193 |
| 26        | Telangana            |                          427 |                     4.2 |                                 318 |
| 27        | Tripura              |                          453 |                    16.8 |                                 304 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          |                          205 |                     9.1 |                                 624 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh        |                          120 |                    13.9 |                                 505 |
| 30        | West Bengal          |                          205 |                     6.8 |                                 291 |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar    |                          251 |                    30.8 |                                 386 |
| 32        | Chandigarh           |                           81 |                     1.9 |                                  91 |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                          161 |                     7.3 |                                 365 |
| 34        | Daman & Diu          |                          152 |                     1.8 |                                 456 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          |                          155 |                     8.5 |                                 356 |
| 36        | Puducherry           |                          281 |                    10.2 |                                 100 |
|           | All India            |                          258 |                     5.8 |                                 399 |

Source: NSSO survey report.