Lok Sabha Question No. 2192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: Working Women
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH   MARCH, 2021

## WORKING WOMEN 2192. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a)  the  percentage  of  working  women  across  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including Bihar; (b) whether the percentage of women on top posts is very less; (c) if so, the reasons therefor along with the existing percentage of working women on top posts in the country; and (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase women participation in

- job?

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

(a) to (d): As per the results of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted during 2018-19  by  National  Statistical  Office  (NSO),  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation,  the  estimated  Female  Women  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  on usual status (ps+ss) for 15 years and above, State/UT-wise in the country is given at

Annexure.

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  the  labour  laws  for  creating  congenial  work environment for women workers. These include enhancement in paid maternity leave from  12 weeks  to  26  weeks,  provision  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 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 Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 now subsumed in the Code on Wages, 2019 which 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.

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Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2192  FOR  08-03-2021  REGARDING  WORKING WOMEN 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                 | PLFS Rural (2018-19)   | PLFS Rural (2018-19)   |
|------------|---------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| No.        |                           | Male                   | Female                 |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh            | 73.6                   | 45.5                   |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh         | 62.3                   | 15.4                   |
| 3          | Assam                     | 73.4                   | 11.7                   |
| 4          | Bihar                     | 66.0                   | 4.0                    |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh              | 74.5                   | 52.6                   |
| 6          | Delhi                     | 71.8                   | 14.4                   |
| 7          | Goa                       | 68.2                   | 23.0                   |
| 8          | Gujarat                   | 77.5                   | 25.0                   |
| 9          | Haryana                   | 67.2                   | 12.8                   |
| 10         | Himachal Pradesh          | 72.1                   | 59.4                   |
| 11 Jammu & | Kashmir                   | 75.7                   | 35.3                   |
| 12         | Jharkhand                 | 74.5                   | 23.3                   |
| 13         | Karnataka                 | 74.2                   | 27.2                   |
| 14         | Kerala                    | 67.6                   | 26.4                   |
| 15 Madhya  | Pradesh                   | 78.4                   | 31.6                   |
| 16         | Maharashtra               | 71.2                   | 37.3                   |
| 17         | Manipur                   | 68.4                   | 21.7                   |
| 18         | Meghalaya                 | 76.6                   | 55.0                   |
| 19         | Mizoram                   | 70.3                   | 26.5                   |
| 20         | Nagaland                  | 59.9                   | 19.3                   |
| 21         | Orissa                    | 74.6                   | 24.2                   |
| 22         | Punjab                    | 66.6                   | 17.3                   |
| 23         | Rajasthan                 | 70.4                   | 35.9                   |
| 24         | Sikkim                    | 70.9                   | 54.0                   |
| 25 Tamil   | Nadu                      | 71.6                   | 41.5                   |
| 26         | Telangana                 | 66.2                   | 45.4                   |
| 27         | Tripura                   | 72.5                   | 11.3                   |
| 28         | Uttarakhand               | 67.6                   | 18.1                   |
| 29         | Uttar Pradesh             | 70.4                   | 14.6                   |
| 30         | West Bengal               | 79.9                   | 20.6                   |
| 31         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 74.1                   | 20.6                   |
| 32         | Chandigarh                | 81.5                   | 20.9                   |
| 33         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 84.7                   | 65.3                   |
| 34         | Daman & Diu               | 76.9                   | 8.4                    |
| 35         | Lakshadweep               | 46.3                   | 6.2                    |
| 36         | Puducherry                | 75.5                   | 37.4                   |
|            | All-India                 | 72.2                   | 25.5                   |

Source: * Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), July 2017-June 2018, July 2018-June 2019, M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation.