Lok Sabha Question No. 879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Safety of  Women Employees
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED NO. : 879 (To be answered on the February 2020)

## SAFETY OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES

## SHRI ANUBHA V MOHANTY

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (@) whether women employees of the airline companies, particularly those performing on flight duties; are sexually harassed by their superiors while 0n flight to seek undue favours and if SO, the details thereof;
- (c) whether various complaints have been received by the airline companies, including women employees of the National Career during the last three years and if s0, the detaiis thereof;
- (b) the details of the airline companies which do not have Internal Complaints Committee and existing mechanism to handle complaints of their women employees;
- the action taken by the airlines on these complaints during the said period; and whether a number Of complaints are still pending and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister 0f State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) and (b): The complaints related to sexual harassment of women employees of the airlines are dealt in accordance with the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention; Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Airlines are also required\_ to comply with this Act:

- (c) to (e): The airline companies by virtue of private entities deal internally with such complaints All airlines are required to adhere to the provision of the Act  The Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) do not require compliance/details under the Act to be submitted by airline companies to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA); the Safety Reguiator. However; all the private domestic airlines have constituted Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to investigate the complaints of alleged Sexual Harassment made by the women employees of the airline companies, in compliance with the Act: being

The national carrier; which is a Government entity has also constituted ICC for Air India and its subsidiary &irlines. These Complaints Committees investigate the complaints o alleged Sexual Harassment made by the women employees of the company. Air india and its subsidiary airlines have taken action O the complaints based 0n the recommendation of ICC The details of complaints of alleged sexual harassment received by Air India/Air India Express/ Alliance Air during the last three years and the status of these complaints are attached at Annexure

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## Statement referred to in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 879 for answer on 06.02.2020

Details of complaints of alleged sexual harassment received by Air India/Air India ExpressIAlliance Air

| Air India Complaints   | Air India Complaints   | Air India Complaints   | Air India Express _Limited   | Air India Express _Limited   | Air India Express _Limited   | Alliance Air   | Alliance Air                | Alliance Air   |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
| Year                   | Received               |                        | Year                         | Complaints                   | Receivedpisposed             | Year           | Complaints ReceivedDisposed |                |
| 2017                   | 06                     |                        | 2017                         | NIL                          | NIL                          | 2017           | NIL                         | NNIL           |
| 2018                   | 10                     | 108                    | 2018                         | 101                          | 01                           | 2018           | 02                          |                |
| 2019                   | 08                     | 107                    | 2019                         |                              |                              | 2019           |                             | 101            |