Lok Sabha Question No. 2033 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: SHe-Box
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.2033

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## SHE-BOX

## 2033.  SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R. :

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

- (a) the salient features of the SHe-Box;
- (b) the  number  and  nature  of  complaints  received  from  private/  public  entities through SHe-Box since its inception, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the number of complaints disposed of so far; and
- (d) whether it has reduced the incidentes of sexual harassment at the workplace across the country, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) Ministry of  Women  and  Child  Development,  Government  of  India has developed an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment  at  workplace  by  women,  including  government  and  private employees.  Once  a  complaint  is  submitted  to  the  SHe-Box  portal,  it  directly reaches  to  the  concerned  authority  having  jurisdiction  to  take  action  in  the matter.
- (b) The details of number of sexual harassment complaints received from private/ public entities through SHe-Box in States/UTs since 2017 are at Annexure-I.
- (c) A  total  number  of  203  cases  have  been  disposed  off  so  far  which  includes cases under Central Government, State Government and Private sector.
- (e) The  SHe-Box  portal  has  been  developed  with  the  objective  to  facilitate  the registration of complaints related to sexual harassment of women  at workplace.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2033 FOR 29.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRI PARTHIBAN S. R. REGARDING 'SHE-BOX'

State-wise  details  of  number  of  sexual  harassment  complaints  received  from private/public entities through SHe-Box since 2017

| Sl. No.   | State                     |   Total complaints |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                  0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            |                 18 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                  2 |
| 4         | Assam                     |                  3 |
| 5         | Bihar                     |                 20 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                |                  2 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              |                  7 |
| 8         | Dadra & Naga Haveli       |                  0 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               |                  0 |
| 10        | Delhi                     |                 50 |
| 11        | Goa                       |                  0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                   |                 21 |
| 13        | Haryana                   |                 29 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          |                  3 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir           |                  5 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 |                  2 |
| 17        | Karnataka                 |                 34 |
| 18        | Kerala                    |                 11 |
| 19        | Lakshdweep                |                  0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh            |                 30 |
| 21        | Maharashtra               |                 82 |
| 22        | Manipur                   |                  0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 |                  1 |
| 24        | Mizoram                   |                  0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                  |                  0 |
| 26        | Odisha                    |                  5 |
| 27        | Puducherry                |                  3 |
| 28        | Punjab                    |                  9 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 |                 23 |
| 30        | Sikkim                    |                  0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                |                 48 |
| 32        | Telangana                 |                 20 |
| 33        | Tripura                   |                  1 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             |                 65 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand               |                  6 |
| 36        | West Bengal               |                 13 |
| Total     | Total                     |                513 |

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