Lok Sabha Question No. 941 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: SHe-Box
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: George Baker, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 941 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2019

## SHe-BOX

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

941. SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

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

- (a) the salient features of the SHe-Box;
- (b) the details of the number and nature of complaints received from private/public entities through SHe-Box since its inception, State/UT-wise including West Bengal;
- (c) the number of complaints disposed of so far; and
- (d) whether it has reduced the cases of sexual harassment at workplace across the country, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  has  developed  an  online  complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace by women, including government and private employees. Once a complaint is submitted to the SHe-box portal, it directly reaches to the concerned authority having jurisdiction to take action in the matter.
- (b): The  details  of  number  of  sexual  harassment  complaints  received  from  private/public sector through SHe-Box since 2017 are at Annexure-I.
- (c): 114  cases  have  been  disposed  off  so  far  which  includes  cases  under  Central Government, State Government and Private sectors.
- (d): The SHe-Box portal has been developed with the objective to facilitate the registration of complaints related to sexual harassment of women at workplace.

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Annexure -I

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.941 for 08.02.2019 regarding 'She-Box'

The  details  of  number  of  sexual  harassment  complaints  received  from  private/public sector through SHe-Box since 2017

|   Sl. No. | State                |   No. of Complaints Received |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | A & N Islands        |                            0 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                           10 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                            1 |
|         4 | Assam                |                            0 |
|         5 | Bihar                |                            6 |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |                            1 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |                            0 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                            0 |
|         9 | Daman & Diu          |                            0 |
|        10 | Delhi                |                           26 |
|        11 | Goa                  |                            0 |
|        12 | Gujarat              |                            4 |
|        13 | Haryana              |                           17 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                            1 |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                            0 |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |                            1 |
|        17 | Karnataka            |                            9 |
|        18 | Kerala               |                            6 |
|        19 | Lakshdweep           |                            0 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh       |                           10 |
|        21 | Maharashtra          |                           38 |
|        22 | Manipur              |                            0 |
|        23 | Meghalaya            |                            0 |
|        24 | Mizoram              |                            0 |
|        25 | Nagaland             |                            0 |
|        26 | Odisha               |                            2 |
|        27 | Puducherry           |                            1 |
|        28 | Punjab               |                            2 |
|        29 | Rajasthan            |                            6 |
|        30 | Sikkim               |                            0 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu           |                           22 |
|        32 | Telangana            |                           10 |
|        33 | Tripura              |                            1 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh        |                           22 |
|        35 | Uttarakhand          |                            1 |
|        36 | West Bengal          |                            4 |