Lok Sabha Question No. 3464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Percentage of Working Women
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, Pratima Bhoumik, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3464

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH   MARCH, 2020

## PERCENTAGE OF WORKING WOMEN

## 3464.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

SHRI RAJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  percentage  of  working  women  across  the  country, State/UT-wise including Tripura and Maharashtra;
- (b) the details of the percentage of working women on top posts within the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the percentage of women on top posts is very less;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a):  As  per  the  results  of  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted during 2017-18 by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme  Implementation,  the  estimated  Women  Worker  Population  Ratio (WPR) on usual status (ps+ss) for 15 years and above in the country including Tripura  and  Maharashtra  is  22%.  The  State/  UT-wise  details  of  the  Women Worker  Population  Ration  for  persons  aged  15  years  &  above  according  to Usual Principal & Subsidiary Status Approach (ps+ss) is at Annexure.

(b)  to  (e):  No  such  data  is  maintained  centrally.  However,  Government  has taken several initiatives to improve women's participation in the labour force. In  order  to  encourage  employment  of  women,  a  number  of  protective provisions have  been  incorporated  in various labour laws  for creating congenial  work  environment  for  women  workers.  These  includes  child  care centers,  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.  Government  has  taken  a  decision  to allow the employment of women in the aboveground mines including opencast workings between 7 PM and 6 AM to all categories of employees and in below ground working  between  6  AM  and  7  PM  in  technical,  supervisory  and  managerial work where continuous presence may not be required. The Code on Wages, 2019 provides that there shall be no discrimination in an establishment or any unit thereof among employees on the ground of gender in  matters  relating  to  wages  by  the  same  employer,  in  respect  of  the  same work or work of similar nature done by any employee. Further, no employer shall  make  any  discrimination  on  the  ground  of  sex  while  recruiting  any employee  for  the  same  work  or  work  of  similar  nature  in  the  conditions  of employment,  except  where  the  employment  of  women  in  such  work  is prohibited or restricted by or under any law for the time being in force. Further,  in  order  to  enhance  the  employability  of  female  workers,  the Government  is  providing  training  to  them  through  a  network  of  Women Industrial  Training  institutes,  National  Vocational  Training  Institutes  and Regional Vocational Training Institutes. Government  is  implementing  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Projects  as  a Mission Mode Project for transformation of the National Employment Service where a variety of employment related services like job search, job matching, career  counselling,  vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development courses etc. are being provided under the NCS Project on a common platform with efficient use of information technology. Jobs for women are specifically highlighted in the women specific window on the NCS portal.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3464 for 16.03.2020

Worker Population Ratio (WPR) (in percent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for each State/UT age groups: 15 years and above

| Sl.   | State/UTs                 | rural+ urban   | rural+ urban   | rural+ urban   |
|-------|---------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| No.   |                           | Male           | Female         | person         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh            | 75.3           | 40.8           | 57.2           |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh         | 66.4           | 13.0           | 42.3           |
| 3     | Assam                     | 74.7           | 11.0           | 43.7           |
| 4     | Bihar                     | 63.7           | 4.0            | 35.5           |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh              | 76.6           | 47.6           | 62.4           |
| 6     | Delhi                     | 68.1           | 12.8           | 42.7           |
| 7     | Goa                       | 64.4           | 22.9           | 42.9           |
| 8     | Gujarat                   | 74.0           | 19.0           | 47.4           |
| 9     | Haryana                   | 68.3           | 12.8           | 41.7           |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh          | 71.0           | 47.5           | 58.9           |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir           | 72.7           | 27.6           | 51.0           |
| 12    | Jharkhand                 | 68.1           | 14.6           | 41.7           |
| 13    | Karnataka                 | 74.0           | 24.8           | 49.1           |
| 14    | Kerala                    | 65.8           | 20.4           | 41.2           |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh            | 75.9           | 31.0           | 54.3           |
| 16    | Maharashtra               | 71.4           | 29.1           | 50.5           |
| 17    | Manipur                   | 64.0           | 19.8           | 42.5           |
| 18    | Meghalaya                 | 75.4           | 50.2           | 62.3           |
| 19    | Mizoram                   | 67.1           | 26.0           | 46.4           |
| 20    | Nagaland                  | 52.9           | 11.0           | 32.8           |
| 21    | Orissa                    | 72.9           | 18.3           | 44.9           |
| 22    | Punjab                    | 69.8           | 13.7           | 42.9           |
| 23    | Rajasthan                 | 69.1           | 26.3           | 48.2           |
| 24    | Sikkim                    | 74.0           | 41.6           | 58.7           |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu                | 71.8           | 31.3           | 51.0           |
| 26    | Telangana                 | 69.1           | 30.3           | 49.8           |
| 27    | Tripura                   | 70.5           | 11.1           | 42.0           |
| 28    | Uttarakhand               | 65.0           | 16.1           | 40.6           |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh             | 70.0           | 13.1           | 41.8           |
| 30    | West Bengal               | 75.3           | 20.1           | 47.8           |
| 31    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 76.4           | 19.1           | 48.7           |
| 32    | Chandigarh                | 74.0           | 20.0           | 46.9           |
| 33    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 86.8           | 39.7           | 66.3           |
| 34    | Daman & Diu               | 85.8           | 24.1           | 63.2           |
| 35    | Lakshadweep               | 65.6           | 9.1            | 34.4           |
| 36    | Puducherry                | 64.4           | 13.4           | 37.8           |
|       | All-India                 | 71.2           | 22.0           | 46.8           |

Source:  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS),  July  2017-June  2018,  M/o  Statistics  & Programme Implementation.