Lok Sabha Question No. 1274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Scheme for Women Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JANARDAN MISHRA, OM PRAKASH YADAV, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1274 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2017

## SCHEME FOR WOMEN LABOURERS

†1274. SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA: SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV: SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  to  implement  any  new scheme to promote development of women labourers;
- (b)if so, the details thereof along with the time by which said scheme is likely to be implemented;
- (c)the  total  number  of  women  workers  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise
- including Madhya Pradesh & Bihar; and
- (d)the  action  being  taken  by  the  Government  as  well  as  the  Madhya Pradesh and Bihar Governments to check the migration of women labourers from their respective States?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): No new Scheme is being contemplated by the Government to    promote  development  of  women  labourers.  However,  a  New Scheme Pradhan Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  (PMRPY)  has  been initiated by the Ministry of Labour  and Employment in the year 201617  for  incentivising  industry    for  promoting  employment  generation with the allocation  of Rs. 1000 crore. Under this scheme employers would  be  provided  an  incentive  to  enhance  employment.  Further, Government  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY)  and  running  skill  development  programmes  to  improve employability in the country. These schemes/programmes are equally applicable for women workers.

(c): As per Census 2011, total number of women workers in the Country  is  14,99,48,993.  The  number  of  women  workers,  State/UTwise including Madhya Pradesh & Bihar, enclosed as Annexure.

(d): A multi dimensional course of action is adopted to check the  problem  of  migration  of  workers  including  women  workers.  In order to generate better employment opportunities at State level, the Government  has  launched  a  number  of  schemes  like  Swarn  Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, National Work  for  Food  Programme  etc.  Further,  the  government  has  also enacted  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Act,  2005  for  guaranteed  employment  in  rural  household.  Besides implementation of above schemes in all the States/UTs including Bihar and  Madhya  Pradesh,  a  scheme  for  unorganised  sector  workmen including  women  workers  called  Bihar  Shatabdi  Unorganised  Sector Workmen  and  Artisans Social Security Scheme  2011  has  been formulated and is being implemented in the state of Bihar.

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1274 FOR 24.07.2017 BY SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA, SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV and SHRI NAGAR RODMAL, HON'BLE MP REGARDING SCHEME FOR WOMEN LABOURERS:

Female Workers - India/States/Uts wise  as per Census 2011

| India/States/Uts          |   Female workers |
|---------------------------|------------------|
| Jammu & Kashmir           |          1127623 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |          1516049 |
| Punjab                    |          1823205 |
| Chandigarh                |            75977 |
| Uttarakhand               |          1320354 |
| Haryana                   |          2109872 |
| Nct Of Delhi              |           825023 |
| Rajasthan                 |         11589179 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |         15967953 |
| Bihar                     |          9502798 |
| Sikkim                    |           113780 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |           237384 |
| Nagaland                  |           426765 |
| Manipur                   |           565202 |
| Mizoram                   |           195965 |
| Tripura                   |           424195 |
| Meghalaya                 |           481910 |
| Assam                     |          3428130 |
| West Bengal               |          8040308 |
| Jharkhand                 |          4673505 |
| Odisha                    |          5638934 |
| Chhattisgarh              |          5046359 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |         11427163 |
| Gujarat                   |          6766833 |
| Daman & Diu               |            13837 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |            37868 |
| Maharashtra               |         16811003 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |         15237311 |
| Karnataka                 |          9602481 |
| Goa                       |           157712 |
| Lakshadweep               |             3435 |
| Kerala                    |          3167494 |
| Tamil Nadu                |         11449703 |
| Puducherry                |           112037 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |            31646 |
| Total                     |        149948993 |

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