Lok Sabha Question No. 4163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Female Labour Force Participation Rate
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.4163

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2019

## FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE

## 4163. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a) the initiatives taken by the Ministry to encourage women participation in labour force in India in view of World Bank report which ranks India at 121 out of 131 countries in terms of female labour force participation rate;
- (b) the steps taken by the Ministry to improve female labour force participation in Rural  India  in  view  of  ILO  report  in  which  female  labour  force  participation  in India had dropped from 35 per cent in 1990 to 27 per cent in 2014;
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  provide  safe  and  stable  transport  to  urban working women for economic development of modern India;
- (d) the  details  of  current  data  of  number  of  employed  women  in  organized  and unorganized sectors; and
- (e) the  details  of  current  data  of  number  of  women  employed  in  rural  and  urban areas and its State-wise break up?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Government  has  taken  several  initiatives  for  encouraging  women participation  in  economic  activities  including  labour  force  participation  in  both  rural and urban India through schemes such as Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Deendayal  Antodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM), Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NRLM),  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  Aajeevika Grameen  Express  Yojana  (AGEY)  sub-schemes  under  DAY-NRLM, Mahila  Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY), Pradhan Mantri Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Project, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).

In addition, to improve women's participation in the labour force, a number of protective  provisions  have  been  incorporated  in  various  labour  laws  for  creating congenial  work  environment for  women  workers. These include  child  care  centres, time-off for feeding children, enhancement in paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks, provisions for mandatory crèche facility in the establishments having 50 or more employees, permitting women workers in the night shifts with adequate safety measures, etc. 'The Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013', has been enacted. The Act covers all women, irrespective of their age or employment status and provides protection against sexual harassment at all workplaces; both in public and private sector, whether organised or unorganised.

Government  of  India  under  Nirbhaya  Fund  has  approved  many  projects  for safety and security of women which include Safe City projects for women's safety in eight  prominent  cities  covering  Delhi,  Mumbai,  Chennai,  Kolkata,  Ahmedabad, Bengaluru,  Hyderabad  and  Lucknow;  Konkan  Railway  project  and  safe  transport projects in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh etc.

Further,  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  has  issued  notification under  the  Motor  Vehicle  Act,  1988  mandating  the  provision  of  Vehicle  Location Tracking  (VLT)  device  and  emergency  buttons  in  all  Public  Service  Vehicles registered on or after 1 st January, 2019. States have the option to decide timelines for implementation  of  VLT  and  emergency  buttons  in  vehicles  registered  upto  31 st

(d) to (e)  : As per the Census 2011, the total number of female workers in India is 149,948,993, out of which 121,906,079 work in rural areas and 28,042,914 work in

December, 2018". urban areas.

As  per  the  latest  data  available  in  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS) Report 2017-18 of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the worker population  ratio  for  rural  women  is  17.5%  whereas  the  same  for  urban  women  is 14.2%. The State-wise list is given at Annexure-I.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) to (e) TO THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.4163 FOR 13.12.2019  ASKED BY SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL REGARDING 'FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE'

## State-wise Female Worker Population Ratio

| Sl. No   | State/UT             | Female Worker Population Ratio ( PLFS Report 2017-18) A 70   | Female Worker Population Ratio ( PLFS Report 2017-18) A 70   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                      | Rural (%)                                                    | Urban (%)                                                    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 38.1                                                         | 22.8                                                         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 10.0                                                         | 6.7                                                          |
| 3        | Assam                | 8.1                                                          | 11.0                                                         |
| 4        | Bihar                | 2.5                                                          | 4.2                                                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 38.8                                                         | 20.8                                                         |
| 6        | Delhi                | 2.2                                                          | 10.1                                                         |
| 7        | Goa                  | 20.4                                                         | 16.8                                                         |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 16.5                                                         | 12.2                                                         |
| 9        | Haryana              | 9.6                                                          | 9.3                                                          |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     | 40.0                                                         | 16.9                                                         |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 22.9                                                         | 13.9                                                         |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 10.5                                                         | 9.6                                                          |
| 13       | Karnataka            | 21.1                                                         | 16.8                                                         |
| 14       | Kerala               | 16.6                                                         | 16.0                                                         |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | 25.6                                                         | 14.7                                                         |
| 16       | Maharashtra          | 28.9                                                         | 14.9                                                         |
| 17       | Manipur              | 13.9                                                         | 17.4                                                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya            | 37.3                                                         | 21.0                                                         |
| 19       | Mizoram              | 20.4                                                         | 20.2                                                         |
| 20       | Nagaland             | 8.3                                                          | 9.1                                                          |
| 21       | Odisha               | 14.4                                                         | 11.7                                                         |
| 22       | Punjab               | 9.9                                                          | 12.3                                                         |
| 23       | Rajasthan            | 21.5                                                         | 9.8                                                          |
| 24       | Sikkim               | 34.9                                                         | 25.2                                                         |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 29.4                                                         | 20.4                                                         |
| 26       | Telangana            | 29.9                                                         | 15.9                                                         |
| 27       | Tripura              | 8.2                                                          | 11.8                                                         |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          | 14.2                                                         | 7.3                                                          |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh        | 9.6                                                          | 7.3                                                          |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 15.2                                                         | 17.4                                                         |
| 31       | A & N Islands        | 13.5                                                         | 16.2                                                         |
| 32       | Chandigarh           | 8.0                                                          | 15.5                                                         |
| 33       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 36.2                                                         | 15.7                                                         |
| 34       | Daman & Diu          | 22.4                                                         | 18.5                                                         |
| 35       | Lakshadweep          | 7.8                                                          | 7.0                                                          |
| 36       | Puducherry           | 5.2                                                          | 14.0                                                         |
|          | All-India            | 17.5                                                         | 14.2                                                         |

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