Lok Sabha Question No. 1763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1763

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2018

## SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORK PLACE

## 1763.   SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a)          whether  the  number  of  complaints  of  sexual  harassment  of  women  at  work  places  has increased in the country over the years;
- (b)          if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  complaints  received  by  the  National Commission for Women (NCW) during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  laws  presently  in  force  under  which  the  complaints  regarding  sexual harassment of women at work places could be registered in the country; and
- (d) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure protection of women from sexual harassment at work places in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) &  (b)      The  details  of  number  of  complaints  registered  under  the  category  of  Sexual Harassment  at  Workplace,  State/UT  wise  during  last  three  years  and  current  year  i.e. 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 is at Annexure-I .
- (c)      The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,  2013  mandates  all  the  workplace  which  include  any  department,  organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch  or unit which  is established,  owned,  controlled  or  wholly  or  substantially  financed  by  funds  provided directly  or  indirectly  by  the  appropriate  Government  or  the  local  authority  or  a Government  company or a  corporation  or  a  co-operative  society  having  more  than  10 workers to  constitute  Internal  Complaint  Committee  (ICC)  for  receiving  complaints  of sexual  harassment.  Similarly,  the  Appropriate  Government  is  authorized  to  constitute Local Complaint Committee (LCC) in every district which will receive complaints from organizations  having  less  than  10  workers  or  if  the  complaint  is  against  the employer himself.
- (d)      The  Ministry  has  launched  an  online  complaint  management  system  titled  Sexual Harassment  electronic-Box  (SHe-Box)  for  registering  complaints  related  to  sexual harassment at workplace of all women employees in the country, including government and private employees.

All  Ministries/Departments  of  Government  of  India  have  been  requested  to organize workshops  and awareness programmes  in their Departments/Offices for sensitizing the employees about the provision of this Act.

All  States/UTs  Governments  have  been  requested  to  organize  workshops  and awareness programmes in their Departments/Offices for sensitizing the employees about the provision of this Act. Further, All States/UTs Governments have also been requested to advise the Secretary Industries/Commerce to organize similar  workshops  and awareness programmes each and every industry, business house, private sector entity of the States/UTs.

Apart  from  the  above,  in  order  to  create  wide  spread  awareness  about  the  Act across the country, both in organized and unorganized sectors, Ministry of Women and Child Development  has identified a pool of 223 resource institutions to provide capacity building  programs  i.e.  training,  workshops,  etc.,  on  the  issue  of  sexual  harassment  at workplace.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1763 for reply on 27.07.2018 regarding Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place .

Number of complaints registered under the category of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, State/UT wise during last three years and current year i.e. 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018

| S. No   | State/UT         | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   |
|---------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1       | A &NIslands      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 1      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh   | 4      | 11     | 12     | 2      |
| 3       | Assam            | 1      | 6      | 6      | 3      |
| 4       | Bihar            | 12     | 20     | 15     | 20     |
| 5       | Chandigarh       | 3      | 4      | 2      | 3      |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh     | 5      | 4      | 6      | 2      |
| 7       | D&N Haveli       | -      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 8       | Delhi            | 100    | 82     | 77     | 55     |
| 9       | Goa              | 1      | -      | 2      | 1      |
| 10      | Gujarat          | 15     | 7      | 12     | 7      |
| 11      | Haryana          | 33     | 30     | 39     | 37     |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh | 5      | -      | 3      | 2      |
| 13      | Jammu &Kashmir   | 3      | 5      | 3      | 0      |
| 14      | Jharkhand        | 14     | 9      | 4      | 4      |
| 15      | Karnataka        | 21     | 22     | 38     | 14     |
| 16      | Kerala           | 9      | 9      | 4      | 7      |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh   | 38     | 35     | 39     | 23     |
| 18      | Maharashtra      | 28     | 35     | 41     | 22     |
| 19      | Manipur          | -      | -      |        |        |
| 20      | Meghalaya        | -      | -      |        |        |
| 21      | Nagaland         | 1      | -      |        |        |
| 22      | Odisha           | 5      | 9      | 8      | 5      |
| 23      | Pondicherry      | 1      | 1      | 3      | 3      |
| 24      | Punjab           | 6      | 8      | 16     | 14     |
| 25      | Rajasthan        | 23     | 31     | 31     | 28     |
| 26      | Sikkim           | -      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 27      | Tamil Nadu       | 24     | 38     | 17     | 17     |
| 28      | Telangana        | 20     | 12     | 8      | 10     |
| 29      | Tripura          | 1      | -      | 1      | 0      |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh    | 120    | 129    | 147    | 231    |
| 31      | Uttarakhand      | 8      | 5      | 7      | 7      |
| 32      | West Bengal      | 19     | 23     | 28     | 15     |
|         | Total            | 522    | 539    | 570    | 533    |

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