Lok Sabha Question No. 4332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Women Workforce Participation
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, RAM CHARITRA, S. RAJENDRAN, POONAM  MAHAJAN, OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4332 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## WOMEN WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION

## 4332.   SHRI SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM:

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) the details of estimated employment and their workforce participation rate for male and female in rural and urban areas during the last three years in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to create more employment opportunities for women in the country including imparting various trainings to increase their employability;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 in  order  to  extend  the  maternity  leave  of  working  women  and  if  so,  the details in this regard;
- (d) the salient features of the scheme "Grant-in-aid scheme for the welfare of women  labour"  including  the  total  number  of  NGOs  working  under  the Scheme  and  the  total  funds  granted  to  these  NGOs  and  the  number  of beneficiaries therefrom, State/ UT-wise; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  provisions  made  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the promotion of childcare services, making working conditions better, regularizing working hours and providing security, maternity benefits and for paying equal wage to women in various sectors in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):    As  per  the  result  of  most  recent  three  labour  force  surveys  on employment and unemployment conducted during 2004-05, 2009-10 and 201112  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and Programme Implementation, the estimated employment and workforce participation rate on usual status basis is given below:

| Estimated Employment (in crore)   | Estimated Employment (in crore)   | Estimated Employment (in crore)   | Estimated Employment (in crore)   | Estimated Employment (in crore)   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Year                              | Rural                             | Rural                             | Urban                             | Urban                             |
|                                   | Male                              | Female                            | Male                              | Female                            |
| 2004-05                           | 21.95                             | 12.43                             | 9.06                              | 2.47                              |
| 2009-10                           | 22.98                             | 10.57                             | 10.44                             | 2.56                              |
| 2011-12                           | 23.49                             | 10.20                             | 10.98                             | 2.74                              |

| Workforce Participation Rate (in percent)   |   Workforce Participation Rate (in percent) |   Workforce Participation Rate (in percent) |   Workforce Participation Rate (in percent) |   Workforce Participation Rate (in percent) |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 2004-05                                     |                                        54.6 |                                        32.7 |                                        54.9 |                                        16.6 |
| 2009-10                                     |                                        54.7 |                                        26.1 |                                        54.3 |                                        13.8 |
| 2011-12                                     |                                        54.3 |                                        24.8 |                                        54.6 |                                        14.7 |

The State/UT-wise usual status, Workforce Participation Rates (%) of women in the  rural  and  urban  areas  in  the  country  during  2011-12  is  placed  at  Annex. According to the Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey conducted by Labour Bureau, the Workforce Participation Rate during 2015-16 was 73.3% for male, 25.8% for female and 47.2% for transgenders.

Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country 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  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural Development  and  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Urban  Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.

Government has also decided to strategically promote labour-intensive manufacturing and expand employment opportunities by promoting tourism and agro-based industries.

A new Scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana' has been announced in  the  Budget  for  2016-17  with  the  objective  of  promoting  employment generation and an allocation of Rs. 1000 crores has been made. The scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2016-17. Government  has  implemented  the  National  Career  Service  having  a  portal (www.ncs.gov.in) for online registration and posting of jobs for job-seekers and provide other employment related services. Government has also taken various steps to improve status of women workers and enhance employability, a National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Noida,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  ten  Regional  Vocational  Training  Institutes  (RVTIs) under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship have been set up across  the  country.  The  Government  has  also  approved  eight  new  Regional Vocational  Training  Institutes  for  Women  in  the  states  where  there  is  no existing RVTI. (c)  to  (e):    A  proposal  for  amending  the  Maternity  Benefit  Act  is  under consideration  for    increasing  the  maternity  benefit  for  working  woman  from existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks upto two surviving children and 12 weeks for more than two children. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 has been passed in the Rajya Sabha and is to be considered by the Lok Sabha. The Ministry of Labour & Employment is administering Grant-in-aid scheme for welfare  of  women  labour.  Under  the  scheme  financial  assistance  in  form  of Grant-in-aid  is  provided  directly  to  NGOs  for  organizing  working  women  and educating  them  about  their  rights  and  duties  under  various  labour  laws  of Central/State Govt., legal aid and organizing seminars/workshop etc. aimed at raising  the  general  consciousness  of  women  labour.  The  total  numbers  of programmes conducted are 12837, in which total workers trained are 466628 in all sector.  Out of which 367274 total number of women workers were covered for the year 2015-16. The  Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a number of schemes/programmes  for  empowerment  of  women  across  the  country  like Working Women Hostel Scheme for providing safe accommodation for working women away from their place of residence and Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme  for  children  of  working  Mothers  (including  single  mother)  which provides day care facilities for running crèche of 25 children in the age group of 0-6 years from families having monthly income of less than Rs. 12,000/. Adequate  provisions  exist  under  various  labour  laws  and  rules  made  there under for improving the working conditions, regulating timings of work, safety of  women, maternity benefit and payment of equal wages in various sectors. Under the provisions of Section 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the wages fixed  by  the  appropriate  government  are  equally  payable  to  both  male  and female workers.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4332 DUE FOR REPLY ON 12-12-2016.

## STATE-WISE EMPLOYMENTIN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS ON USUAL STATUS BASIS DURING 2011-12.

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   | 2011-12 Urban (Rural + Urban)   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | Male                            | Female                          | Person                          | Male                            | Female                          | Person                          | Male                            | Female                          | Person                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 60.2                            | 44.5                            | 52.2                            | 55.4                            | 17.0                            | 36.4                            | 58.6                            | 35.6                            | 47.0                            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 48.3                            | 27.8                            | 38.3                            | 45.7                            | 12.7                            | 30.3                            | 47.8                            | 25.0                            | 36.8                            |
| 3         | Assam                | 54.0                            | 12.2                            | 34.3                            | 54.2                            | 9.0                             | 32.9                            | 54.0                            | 11.9                            | 34.1                            |
| 4         | Bihar                | 47.3                            | 5.3                             | 27.5                            | 42.1                            | 4.5                             | 25.3                            | 46.8                            | 5.2                             | 27.3                            |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 55.7                            | 41.5                            | 48.6                            | 49.6                            | 24.0                            | 37.6                            | 54.3                            | 37.8                            | 46.3                            |
| 6         | Delhi                | 49.3                            | 14.6                            | 34.2                            | 53.0                            | 10.4                            | 33.7                            | 52.7                            | 10.7                            | 33.7                            |
| 7         | Goa                  | 54.7                            | 21.0                            | 37.8                            | 51.1                            | 15.7                            | 33.7                            | 52.9                            | 18.4                            | 35.8                            |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 59.9                            | 27.8                            | 44.7                            | 60.3                            | 13.3                            | 38.4                            | 60.1                            | 22.1                            | 42.2                            |
| 9         | Haryana              | 51.8                            | 16.2                            | 35.6                            | 51.4                            | 9.7                             | 31.8                            | 51.7                            | 14.1                            | 34.4                            |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | 54.1                            | 52.4                            | 53.3                            | 60.0                            | 21.2                            | 41.6                            | 54.8                            | 49.2                            | 52.0                            |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 54.7                            | 25.5                            | 40.5                            | 53.9                            | 11.7                            | 33.7                            | 54.5                            | 22.3                            | 38.9                            |
| 12        | Jharkhand            | 53.3                            | 19.8                            | 37.0                            | 48.0                            | 6.6                             | 28.4                            | 52.1                            | 17.0                            | 35.1                            |
| 13        | Karnataka            | 61.2                            | 28.7                            | 45.0                            | 57.9                            | 16.3                            | 37.6                            | 60.0                            | 24.3                            | 42.3                            |
| 14        | Kerala               | 56.5                            | 22.1                            | 38.2                            | 55.2                            | 19.1                            | 36.3                            | 56.2                            | 21.3                            | 37.7                            |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh       | 56.1                            | 23.9                            | 40.5                            | 52.0                            | 11.5                            | 32.5                            | 55.1                            | 20.7                            | 38.5                            |
| 16        | Maharashtra          | 57.6                            | 38.8                            | 48.6                            | 54.9                            | 16.6                            | 36.5                            | 56.4                            | 28.6                            | 43.1                            |
| 17        | Manipur              | 51.0                            | 26.2                            | 38.9                            | 45.6                            | 18.2                            | 32.2                            | 49.6                            | 24.1                            | 37.2                            |
| 18        | Meghalaya            | 52.7                            | 39.1                            | 45.9                            | 50.3                            | 20.2                            | 34.0                            | 52.3                            | 35.1                            | 43.5                            |
| 19        | Mizoram              | 59.1                            | 39.4                            | 49.6                            | 48.7                            | 24.9                            | 36.7                            | 54.1                            | 32.1                            | 43.2                            |
| 20        | Nagaland             | 50.4                            | 31.2                            | 41.0                            | 41.2                            | 14.4                            | 28.7                            | 47.1                            | 25.4                            | 36.7                            |
| 21        | Orissa               | 59.2                            | 24.6                            | 41.7                            | 57.9                            | 15.5                            | 38.1                            | 59.0                            | 23.3                            | 41.2                            |
| 22        | Punjab               | 56.6                            | 23.4                            | 40.6                            | 57.0                            | 13.6                            | 36.8                            | 56.8                            | 19.9                            | 39.2                            |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 49.5                            | 34.7                            | 42.4                            | 49.0                            | 14.1                            | 32.6                            | 49.4                            | 29.9                            | 40.0                            |
| 24        | Sikkim               | 58.0                            | 48.7                            | 53.4                            | 60.9                            | 27.3                            | 45.2                            | 58.5                            | 45.0                            | 51.9                            |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu           | 59.5                            | 37.8                            | 48.5                            | 58.7                            | 20.1                            | 39.2                            | 59.1                            | 30.0                            | 44.3                            |
| 26        | Tripura              | 56.2                            | 22.8                            | 40.2                            | 52.5                            | 11.3                            | 31.9                            | 55.6                            | 20.9                            | 38.8                            |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          | 45.2                            | 30.8                            | 38.1                            | 50.6                            | 8.6                             | 30.5                            | 46.6                            | 25.2                            | 36.1                            |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        | 49.1                            | 17.7                            | 33.8                            | 51.1                            | 10.2                            | 31.7                            | 49.5                            | 16.1                            | 33.3                            |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 58.6                            | 18.9                            | 39.0                            | 60.2                            | 17.4                            | 40.0                            | 59.0                            | 18.5                            | 39.2                            |
| 30        | A& N Islands         | 59.2                            | 26.1                            | 43.2                            | 60.7                            | 20.0                            | 39.9                            | 59.7                            | 23.8                            | 42.0                            |
| 31        | Chandigarh           | 56.7                            | 4.7                             | 34.9                            | 54.7                            | 12.1                            | 35.4                            | 54.8                            | 11.6                            | 35.4                            |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 48.8                            | 16.1                            | 32.5                            | 57.6                            | 11.5                            | 36.7                            | 52.9                            | 14.2                            | 34.4                            |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          | 69.4                            | 3.4                             | 42.5                            | 59.5                            | 14.8                            | 35.5                            | 66.8                            | 7.7                             | 40.3                            |
| 34        | Lakshadweep          | 54.8                            | 10.5                            | 32.2                            | 55.0                            | 11.6                            | 34.7                            | 54.9                            | 11.0                            | 33.4                            |
| 35        | Puducherry All India | 51.7 54.3                       | 22.1 24.8                       | 36.3                            | 54.8 54.6                       | 14.7 14.7                       | 35.0                            | 53.7 54.4                       | 17.6 21.9                       | 35.5 38.5                       |
|           |                      |                                 |                                 | 39.9                            |                                 |                                 | 35.5                            |                                 |                                 |                                 |

Source: NSSO Reports, 2011-12