Lok Sabha Question No. 3913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Working Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3913

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## WORKING WOMEN

## 3913.   SHRI PARBHUBHAI  NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  percentage  of  working  women  across  the  country,  State/UT-wise including West Bengal and  Gujarat;
- (b) the  details  of  the  percentage  of  working  women  on  top  posts  within  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the percentage of women on top posts is very less;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) to  (d) : As per the last three rounds of Annual Employment -Unemployment (EUS) Surveys conducted by  Labour Bureau in the  year 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16, the Worker Population Ratio for Female aged 15 years & above according to Usual Status basis are 25.0%, 29.6% and 25.8% respectively. State/UT-wise details are annexed.
- (e)      Government  has  taken  various  steps  for  increasing  employment  including  female employment like encouraging private sector of economy, fast tracking various projects involving  substantial  investment  and  increasing  public  expenditure  on  schemes  like Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  run  by  Ministry  of Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU-GKY) schemes run by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and  Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a special rebate of 0.25% is extended to women borrowers.  Ministry of Labour and Employment has targeted the issue by taking various steps to increase female labour participation rate which includes the  enactment  of  the  Maternity  Benefit  (Amendment)  Act,  2017  which  provides  for enhancement  in  paid  maternity  leave  from  12  weeks  to  26  weeks  and  provisions  for mandatory crèche facility in the establishments having 50 or more employees; issue of an advisory to the States under the Factories Act, 1948 for permitting women workers in the  night  shifts  with  adequate  safety  measures.  The  Equal  Remuneration  Act,  1976 provides for payment of equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or  work of similar nature without any discrimination. Further, under the provisions of the  Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948,  the  wages  fixed  by  the  appropriate  Government  are equally applicable to both male and female workers and the Act does not discriminate on the basis of gender.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3913 FOR 10.08.2018

State/UT-wise Worker Population Ratio for Female aged 15 years & above according to Usual Principal & Subsidiary Status Approach under Third, Fourth and Fifth EUS

(in %)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT/   |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |      44.9 |      49.6 |      47   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |      45.7 |      56.1 |      51.6 |
| 3         | Assam               |      27   |      33.9 |      24.5 |
| 4         | Bihar               |      10.4 |      16.7 |      17.8 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        |      44.8 |      51   |      54.2 |
| 6         | Delhi               |      11.5 |      10   |      11.7 |
| 7         | Goa                 |      20.3 |      26   |      21.2 |
| 8         | Gujarat             |      16.4 |      24.5 |      19.9 |
| 9         | Haryana             |      15.4 |      16.5 |      18.7 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh    |      56.6 |      59.4 |      15.1 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir      |      12.3 |      16.4 |       7.9 |
| 12        | Jharkhand           |      28.4 |      45.7 |      48.2 |
| 13        | Karnataka           |      32.2 |      34.5 |      33.3 |
| 14        | Kerala              |      20.3 |      27.8 |      23.7 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh      |      32.1 |      34   |      17.2 |
| 16        | Maharashtra         |      32.8 |      34.6 |      32.8 |
| 17        | Manipur             |      36.9 |      50.8 |      46.4 |
| 18        | Meghalaya           |      47.6 |      58.9 |      49.9 |
| 19        | Mizoram             |      51.7 |      61.3 |      59   |
| 20        | Nagaland            |      33.8 |      34.7 |      55.9 |
| 21        | Odisha              |      25.3 |      28.5 |      23.7 |
| 22        | Punjab              |      11.8 |       9.4 |       9.4 |
| 23        | Rajasthan           |      27.4 |      33.9 |      31.9 |
| 24        | Sikkim              |      39.5 |      50.7 |      48.2 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          |      35   |      39.6 |      39.3 |
| 26        | Telangana           |       0   |      52.1 |      42.7 |
| 27        | Tripura             |      32.1 |      31.4 |      45.3 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         |      20.6 |      26.4 |      20.5 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh       |      11.4 |      14   |      12   |
| 30        | West Bengal         |      20.6 |      17.2 |      20.5 |
| 31        | A &NIslands         |      18.5 |      32.5 |      25.1 |
| 32        | Chandigarh          |      12.2 |      12.3 |       8.1 |
| 33        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |      16.5 |      10.3 |      16.1 |
| 34        | Daman &Diu          |       8.3 |       1.9 |      15.2 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         |       8.9 |      19.2 |      15.5 |
| 36        | Puducherry          |      20.9 |      25.7 |      28.1 |
|           | All India           |      25   |      29.6 |      25.8 |

Source: E&U Surveys of Labour Bureau