Lok Sabha Question No. 1138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: SHe-Box
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1138

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## SHE-BOX

1138.   DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI BHOLA SINGH: DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY: SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR: SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

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

- (a) whether the Government has released the data of complaints registered on Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (SHe-Box) portal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Maharashtra has topped the chart in the number of registered cases  of  sexual  harassment  of  women  at  work  places  on  the  said portal;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  total  number  of  complaints  registered,  resolved  and  pending  at SHe-Box since its inception, State-wise; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) : Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India has developed  an  online  complaint  management  system  titled  Sexual  Harassment electronic-Box  (SHe-Box)  to  facilitate  the  registration  of  complaints  related  to sexual  harassment  of  women  at  workplace.  So  far,  539  complaints  have  been registered  through  SHe-Box  portal,  out  of  which,  164  complaints  have  been disposed  off.  The  highest  number  of  complaints  (85)  were  registered  from  the State of Maharashtra. The Ministry of Women and Child Development from time to time sends communications to the States/UTs advising for the speedy disposal of the complaints registered in SHe-Box. The State-wise total number of complaint registered, resolved and pending in SHe-Box since its inception is at Annexure-I.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  TO  THE  LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1138 FOR 07.02.2020 ASKED BY DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR, SHRI BHOLA SINGH, DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY, SHRI  RAJA  AMARESHWARA  NAIK,  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR  AND SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO REGARDING 'SHE-BOX'

State-wise  details  of  number  of  sexual  harassment  complaints  registered, resolved and pending in the SHe-Box since its inception

| Sl. No.   | State                     |   Complaint Registered |   Complaint Resolved |   Complaint Pending |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            |                     18 |                    0 |                  18 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                      2 |                    1 |                   1 |
| 4         | Assam                     |                      4 |                    0 |                   4 |
| 5         | Bihar                     |                     20 |                   10 |                  10 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                |                      2 |                    0 |                   2 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              |                      7 |                    1 |                   6 |
| 8         | Dadra & Naga Haveli       |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 10        | Delhi                     |                     51 |                   14 |                  37 |
| 11        | Goa                       |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                   |                     23 |                   15 |                   8 |
| 13        | Haryana                   |                     34 |                   16 |                  18 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          |                      4 |                    3 |                   1 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir           |                      7 |                    0 |                   7 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 |                      2 |                    0 |                   2 |
| 17        | Karnataka                 |                     37 |                   32 |                   5 |
| 18        | Kerala                    |                     11 |                    0 |                  11 |
| 19        | Lakshdweep                |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh            |                     30 |                   16 |                  14 |
| 21        | Maharashtra               |                     85 |                    0 |                  85 |
| 22        | Manipur                   |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 |                      1 |                    0 |                   1 |
| 24        | Mizoram                   |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                  |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 26        | Odisha                    |                      5 |                    2 |                   3 |
| 27        | Puducherry                |                      3 |                    0 |                   3 |
| 28        | Punjab                    |                     10 |                    2 |                   8 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 |                     24 |                   11 |                  13 |
| 30        | Sikkim                    |                      0 |                    0 |                   0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                |                     49 |                   12 |                  37 |
| 32        | Telangana                 |                     21 |                    0 |                  21 |
| 33        | Tripura                   |                      1 |                    0 |                   1 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             |                     69 |                   23 |                  46 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand               |                      6 |                    6 |                   0 |
| 36        | West Bengal               |                     13 |                    0 |                  13 |
|           | Total                     |                    539 |                  164 |                 375 |

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