Lok Sabha Question No. 1999 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Female Employment Rate
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1999

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30TH JULY, 2018

## FEMALE EMPLOYMENT RATE

1999.   SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

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

- (a) whether the female employment rate has fallen down during the last ten years;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  and  the  reasons  therefor  along with the steps taken by Government to increase female employment rate across the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  directives  to  the  Public  and Private organizations to prioritize the opportunity to female in the Job and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  number  of  females  out  of  jobs  across  the  country  at  present, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through labour  force  surveys  conducted  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO), Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation.  In  addition,  Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment conducts EmploymentUnemployment Surveys annually.

As per results of the most recent labour force surveys conducted by NSSO, the estimated female Worker Population Ratio (%) on usual status basis in the country during 2009-10 and 2011-12 are 26.6% and 23.7% respectively.

As per the last three rounds of  Annual Employment  -Unemployment  (EUS) 16, the Worker Population Ratio for Female  aged 15 years & above according to Usual Status basis are 25.0%, 29.6% and 25.8% respectively. State/UT-wise

Surveys conducted by Labour Bureau in the year 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015details are annexed. Government  has  taken  various  steps  for  increasing  employment  including female employment like encouraging private sector of economy,  fast tracking various projects involving substantial  investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium  Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY) schemes  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana-National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NULM)  run  by  Ministry  of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a special rebate of 0.25% is extended  to  women  borrowers.  Almost  75%  loans  (9.02  crore  out  of  total 12.27 crore sanctioned loan as on 31st March, 2018) given under the MUDRA scheme, have been given to women entrepreneurs. Ministry of Labour and Employment has targeted the issue by taking various steps to increase female  labour participation rate which  includes the enactment of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 which provides for enhancement  in  paid  maternity  leave  from  12  weeks  to  26  weeks  and provisions  for  mandatory  crèche  facility  in  the  establishments  having  50  or more employees; issue of an advisory to the States under the Factories Act, 1948 for permitting women workers in the night shifts with adequate safety measures. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 provides for payment of equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of similar nature  without  any  discrimination.  Further,  under  the  provisions  of  the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the wages fixed by the appropriate Government are equally applicable to both male and female workers and the Act does not discriminate on the basis of gender.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1999 FOR 30-07-2018

State/UT-wise Worker Population Ratio for Female  aged 15 years & above according to Usual Principal & Subsidiary Status Approach under Third, Fourth and Fifth EUS

(in %)

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT/ All India   |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                |      44.9 |      49.6 |      47   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh             |      45.7 |      56.1 |      51.6 |
| 3         | Assam                         |      27   |      33.9 |      24.5 |
| 4         | Bihar                         |      10.4 |      16.7 |      17.8 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                  |      44.8 |      51   |      54.2 |
| 6         | Delhi                         |      11.5 |      10   |      11.7 |
| 7         | Goa                           |      20.3 |      26   |      21.2 |
| 8         | Gujarat                       |      16.4 |      24.5 |      19.9 |
| 9         | Haryana                       |      15.4 |      16.5 |      18.7 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh              |      56.6 |      59.4 |      15.1 |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir               |      12.3 |      16.4 |       7.9 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                     |      28.4 |      45.7 |      48.2 |
| 13        | Karnataka                     |      32.2 |      34.5 |      33.3 |
| 14        | Kerala                        |      20.3 |      27.8 |      23.7 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                |      32.1 |      34   |      17.2 |
| 16        | Maharashtra                   |      32.8 |      34.6 |      32.8 |
| 17        | Manipur                       |      36.9 |      50.8 |      46.4 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                     |      47.6 |      58.9 |      49.9 |
| 19        | Mizoram                       |      51.7 |      61.3 |      59   |
| 20        | Nagaland                      |      33.8 |      34.7 |      55.9 |
| 21        | Odisha                        |      25.3 |      28.5 |      23.7 |
| 22        | Punjab                        |      11.8 |       9.4 |       9.4 |
| 23        | Rajasthan                     |      27.4 |      33.9 |      31.9 |
| 24        | Sikkim                        |      39.5 |      50.7 |      48.2 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                    |      35   |      39.6 |      39.3 |
| 26        | Telangana                     |       0   |      52.1 |      42.7 |
| 27        | Tripura                       |      32.1 |      31.4 |      45.3 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                   |      20.6 |      26.4 |      20.5 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh                 |      11.4 |      14   |      12   |
| 30        | West Bengal                   |      20.6 |      17.2 |      20.5 |
| 31        | A & N Islands                 |      18.5 |      32.5 |      25.1 |
| 32        | Chandigarh                    |      12.2 |      12.3 |       8.1 |
| 33        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli          |      16.5 |      10.3 |      16.1 |
| 34        | Daman & Diu                   |       8.3 |       1.9 |      15.2 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                   |       8.9 |      19.2 |      15.5 |
| 36        | Puducherry                    |      20.9 |      25.7 |      28.1 |
|           | All India                     |      25   |      29.6 |      25.8 |

Source: E&U Surveys of Labour Bureau