Lok Sabha Question No. 927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Safety of Women in Work Place
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 927

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2021

## SAFETY OF WOMEN IN WORK PLACE

## 927. MS.S.JOTHIMANI:

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

- (a) the  number  of  women  in  the  labour  force  across  the  country,  Statewise and specifically in Karur Parliamentary constituency;
- (b) the number of women in the labour force in Tamil Nadu, industry wise;
- (c) the number of women entrepreneurs in the country, State-wise;
- (d) the number of women working in MSMEs in Tamil Nadu, district-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by Government to ensure health and safety of women in the work place in the organised and unorganised sector?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a):  As  per  the  results  of  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  (PLFS)  conducted  by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation during 2019-20, the State/UT-wise details of Women Labour Force Participation  Rate  for  the  persons  aged  15  years  and  above  on  usual  status (principal status + subsidiary status) basis to the extent available in the country including Tamil Nadu is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b)  &  (c):  As  per  Udyam  Registration  portal  of  the  Ministry  of  Micro  Small  and Medium Enterprises (MSME), a total of 6,28,447 women-led MSMEs are registered on  the  portal,  as  on  20.07.2021.  Prior  to  1st  July  2020,  MSME  registration  was done through Udyog Aadhar Memorandum. The State-wise break-up of women-led MSMEs registered on the Udyam Registration portal, as on 20.07.2021 and those registered under Udyog Aadhar Memorandum, (since inception, upto 30.06.2021) are placed at Annexure II & III respectively.

(d) As per Udyam Registration portal, as on 20.07.2021, a total of 1265688 women are  employed  in  the  MSME  sector  in  Tamil  Nadu.  The  district  wise  break-up  is placed at  Annexure-IV. (e) 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 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.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 927 FOR 26-07-2021 REGARDING SAFETY OF WOMEN IN WORK PLACE.

Female  Labour  Force  Participation  Rate  (LFPR)  according  to  usual Status      (principal  status+  subsidiary  status)  for  each  State/UT  age groups: 15 years and above

## (in percentage)

| Sl.No   | State/UTs            |   2019-20 (PLFS) |
|---------|----------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       |             39.2 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    |             22.9 |
| 3       | Assam                |             16.4 |
| 4       | Bihar                |              9.5 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh         |             53.1 |
| 6       | Delhi                |             16.1 |
| 7       | Goa                  |             28.2 |
| 8       | Gujarat              |             31.1 |
| 9       | Haryana              |             15.7 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh     |             65   |
| 11      | Jharkhand            |             35.7 |
| 12      | Karnataka            |             33.8 |
| 13      | Kerala               |             31.9 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh       |             37.7 |
| 15      | Maharashtra          |             38.7 |
| 16      | Manipur              |             29.9 |
| 17      | Meghalaya            |             45.7 |
| 18      | Mizoram              |             37   |
| 19      | Nagaland             |             43   |
| 20      | Odisha               |             33.1 |
| 21      | Punjab               |             23.7 |
| 22      | Rajasthan            |             38.6 |
| 23      | Sikkim               |             59.4 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu           |             40.2 |
| 25      | Telangana            |             44.3 |
| 26      | Tripura              |             24.2 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          |             31.8 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh        |             17.7 |
| 29      | West Bengal          |             24   |
| 30      | A & N Islands        |             35.9 |
| 31      | Chandigarh           |             20.4 |
| 32      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |             52.3 |
| 33      | Daman & Diu          |             35.8 |
| 34      | Jammu & Kashmir      |             37.4 |
| 35      | Ladakh               |             51.1 |
| 36      | Lakshadweep          |             29.7 |
| 37      | Puducherry           |             31.6 |
|         | All India            |             30   |

Source: Annual report, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2019-20 M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  927  FOR  26-07-2021  REGARDING  SAFETY  OF WOMEN IN WORK PLACE.

| Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyam Registration since inception   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyam Registration since inception   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyam Registration since inception   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyam Registration since inception   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyam Registration since inception   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyam Registration since inception   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                | State/UTs                                                              | Micro                                                                  | Small                                                                  | Medium                                                                 | Total MSME Registered                                                  |
| 1                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                         | 16143                                                                  | 919                                                                    | 60                                                                     | 17122                                                                  |
| 2                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                      | 253                                                                    | 12                                                                     | 3                                                                      | 268                                                                    |
| 3                                                                      | Assam                                                                  | 4201                                                                   | 185                                                                    | 7                                                                      | 4393                                                                   |
| 4                                                                      | Bihar                                                                  | 19892                                                                  | 201                                                                    | 26                                                                     | 20119                                                                  |
| 5                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                           | 5130                                                                   | 224                                                                    | 13                                                                     | 5367                                                                   |
| 6                                                                      | Goa                                                                    | 1390                                                                   | 38                                                                     | 3                                                                      | 1431                                                                   |
| 7                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                | 47510                                                                  | 2182                                                                   | 95                                                                     | 49787                                                                  |
| 8                                                                      | Haryana                                                                | 15664                                                                  | 1058                                                                   | 58                                                                     | 16780                                                                  |
| 9                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                       | 2361                                                                   | 114                                                                    | 6                                                                      | 2481                                                                   |
| 10                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                              | 7212                                                                   | 153                                                                    | 5                                                                      | 7370                                                                   |
| 11                                                                     | Karnataka                                                              | 36049                                                                  | 1417                                                                   | 90                                                                     | 37556                                                                  |
| 12                                                                     | Kerala                                                                 | 17133                                                                  | 568                                                                    | 34                                                                     | 17735                                                                  |
| 13                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 16810                                                                  | 764                                                                    | 36                                                                     | 17610                                                                  |
| 14                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                            | 153478                                                                 | 3437                                                                   | 223                                                                    | 157138                                                                 |
| 15                                                                     | Manipur                                                                | 4238                                                                   | 19                                                                     | 2                                                                      | 4259                                                                   |
| 16                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                              | 230                                                                    | 14                                                                     | 3                                                                      | 247                                                                    |
| 17                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                | 516                                                                    | 5                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 521                                                                    |
| 18                                                                     | Nagaland                                                               | 304                                                                    | 1                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 305                                                                    |
| 19                                                                     | Odisha                                                                 | 9898                                                                   | 363                                                                    | 9                                                                      | 10270                                                                  |
| 20                                                                     | Punjab                                                                 | 17507                                                                  | 653                                                                    | 30                                                                     | 18190                                                                  |
| 21                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                              | 35726                                                                  | 1693                                                                   | 82                                                                     | 37501                                                                  |
| 22                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                 | 127                                                                    | 5                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 132                                                                    |
| 23                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                             | 86240                                                                  | 2981                                                                   | 179                                                                    | 89400                                                                  |
| 24                                                                     | Telangana                                                              | 28034                                                                  | 1023                                                                   | 72                                                                     | 29129                                                                  |
| 25                                                                     | Tripura                                                                | 328                                                                    | 16                                                                     | 0                                                                      | 344                                                                    |
| 26                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 37789                                                                  | 1347                                                                   | 96                                                                     | 39232                                                                  |
| 27                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                            | 5125                                                                   | 192                                                                    | 9                                                                      | 5326                                                                   |
| 28                                                                     | West Bengal                                                            | 12249                                                                  | 798                                                                    | 48                                                                     | 13095                                                                  |
| 29                                                                     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                              | 554                                                                    | 12                                                                     | 2                                                                      | 568                                                                    |
| 30                                                                     | Chandigarh                                                             | 1083                                                                   | 54                                                                     | 3                                                                      | 1140                                                                   |
| 31                                                                     | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                   | 387                                                                    | 31                                                                     | 1                                                                      | 419                                                                    |
| 32                                                                     | Daman & Diu                                                            | 172                                                                    | 14                                                                     | 1                                                                      | 187                                                                    |
| 33                                                                     | Delhi                                                                  | 16426                                                                  | 1098                                                                   | 91                                                                     | 17615                                                                  |
| 34                                                                     | Jammu & Kashmir                                                        | 3823                                                                   | 107                                                                    | 3                                                                      | 3933                                                                   |
| 35                                                                     | Ladakh                                                                 | 90                                                                     | 3                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 93                                                                     |
| 36                                                                     | Lakshadweep                                                            | 7                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 7                                                                      |
| 37                                                                     | Puducherry                                                             | 1289                                                                   | 78                                                                     | 10                                                                     | 1377                                                                   |
|                                                                        | All India                                                              | 605368                                                                 | 21779                                                                  | 1300                                                                   | 628447                                                                 |

Source: M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  927  FOR  26-07-2021  REGARDING  SAFETY  OF WOMEN IN WORK PLACE.

| Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum since inception to 30/06/2020   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum since inception to 30/06/2020   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum since inception to 30/06/2020   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum since inception to 30/06/2020   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum since inception to 30/06/2020   | Total Women MSME Registered Under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum since inception to 30/06/2020   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                    | State                                                                                      | Micro                                                                                      | Small                                                                                      | Medium                                                                                     | Total MSME Registered                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                             | 86358                                                                                      | 11267                                                                                      | 161                                                                                        | 97786                                                                                      |
| 2                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                          | 221                                                                                        | 108                                                                                        | 14                                                                                         | 343                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                      | 4882                                                                                       | 500                                                                                        | 18                                                                                         | 5400                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                      | 78648                                                                                      | 2840                                                                                       | 56                                                                                         | 81544                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                               | 8020                                                                                       | 1171                                                                                       | 46                                                                                         | 9237                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                          | Goa                                                                                        | 1260                                                                                       | 320                                                                                        | 12                                                                                         | 1592                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                    | 90449                                                                                      | 9668                                                                                       | 206                                                                                        | 100323                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                    | 29522                                                                                      | 3438                                                                                       | 72                                                                                         | 33032                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                           | 2096                                                                                       | 474                                                                                        | 16                                                                                         | 2586                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                  | 13266                                                                                      | 1392                                                                                       | 36                                                                                         | 14694                                                                                      |
| 11                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                  | 58787                                                                                      | 9002                                                                                       | 245                                                                                        | 68034                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                     | 25424                                                                                      | 2491                                                                                       | 74                                                                                         | 27989                                                                                      |
| 13                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                             | 161008                                                                                     | 6333                                                                                       | 125                                                                                        | 167466                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                | 294010                                                                                     | 24148                                                                                      | 610                                                                                        | 318768                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                         | Manipur                                                                                    | 10404                                                                                      | 998                                                                                        | 6                                                                                          | 11408                                                                                      |
| 16                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                  | 859                                                                                        | 52                                                                                         | 2                                                                                          | 913                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                                    | 1102                                                                                       | 240                                                                                        | 6                                                                                          | 1348                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                                   | 475                                                                                        | 97                                                                                         | 1                                                                                          | 573                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                         | Odisha                                                                                     | 13881                                                                                      | 2084                                                                                       | 49                                                                                         | 16014                                                                                      |
| 20                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                     | 30347                                                                                      | 2731                                                                                       | 43                                                                                         | 33121                                                                                      |
| 21                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                  | 67902                                                                                      | 6280                                                                                       | 135                                                                                        | 74317                                                                                      |
| 22                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                     | 183                                                                                        | 57                                                                                         | 2                                                                                          | 242                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                 | 171988                                                                                     | 15736                                                                                      | 337                                                                                        | 188061                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                  | 43429                                                                                      | 13676                                                                                      | 188                                                                                        | 57293                                                                                      |
| 25                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                    | 1013                                                                                       | 86                                                                                         | 1                                                                                          | 1100                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                              | 79734                                                                                      | 7095                                                                                       | 170                                                                                        | 86999                                                                                      |
| 27                                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                | 8835                                                                                       | 764                                                                                        | 31                                                                                         | 9630                                                                                       |
| 28                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                | 29009                                                                                      | 2446                                                                                       | 100                                                                                        | 31555                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                                  | 850                                                                                        | 151                                                                                        | 7                                                                                          | 1008                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                                 | 1571                                                                                       | 222                                                                                        | 3                                                                                          | 1796                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                         | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                                       | 490                                                                                        | 137                                                                                        | 3                                                                                          | 630                                                                                        |
| 32                                                                                         | Daman & Diu                                                                                | 428                                                                                        | 81                                                                                         | 5                                                                                          | 514                                                                                        |
| 33                                                                                         | Delhi                                                                                      | 22522                                                                                      | 3709                                                                                       | 133                                                                                        | 26364                                                                                      |
| 34                                                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                            | 684                                                                                        | 165                                                                                        | 6                                                                                          | 855                                                                                        |
| 35                                                                                         | Ladakh                                                                                     | 6                                                                                          | 2                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          | 8                                                                                          |
| 36                                                                                         | Lakshadweep                                                                                | 15                                                                                         | 3                                                                                          | 0                                                                                          | 18                                                                                         |
| 37                                                                                         | Puducherry                                                                                 | 2291                                                                                       | 351                                                                                        | 4                                                                                          | 2646                                                                                       |
| All                                                                                        | India                                                                                      | 1341969                                                                                    | 130315                                                                                     | 2923                                                                                       | 1475207                                                                                    |

Source: M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Annexure-IV

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 927 FOR 26-07-2021 REGARDING SAFETY OF WOMEN IN WORK PLACE.

| District Wise Total Women Employment for Tamilnadu State under Udyam Register since inception   | District Wise Total Women Employment for Tamilnadu State under Udyam Register since inception   | District Wise Total Women Employment for Tamilnadu State under Udyam Register since inception   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                         | District                                                                                        | Female                                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                               | Ariyalur                                                                                        | 3820                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                               | Chengalpattu                                                                                    | 4408                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                               | Chennai                                                                                         | 244563                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                               | Coimbatore                                                                                      | 117801                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                               | Cuddalore                                                                                       | 23152                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                               | Dharmapuri                                                                                      | 17713                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                               | Dindigul                                                                                        | 26059                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                               | Erode                                                                                           | 44062                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                                               | Kallakurichi                                                                                    | 1016                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                              | Kanchipuram                                                                                     | 68645                                                                                           |
| 11                                                                                              | Kanniyakumari                                                                                   | 27440                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                              | Karur                                                                                           | 20023                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                              | Krishnagiri                                                                                     | 30130                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                              | Madurai                                                                                         | 50741                                                                                           |
| 15                                                                                              | Maliyaduthurai                                                                                  | 428                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                              | Nagapattinam                                                                                    | 11990                                                                                           |
| 17                                                                                              | Namakkal                                                                                        | 29619                                                                                           |
| 18                                                                                              | Perambalur                                                                                      | 2731                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                              | Pudukkottai                                                                                     | 9768                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                              | Ramanathapuram                                                                                  | 5445                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                              | Ranipet                                                                                         | 1368                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                              | Salem                                                                                           | 53586                                                                                           |
| 23                                                                                              | Sivaganga                                                                                       | 8988                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                              | Tenkasi                                                                                         | 1291                                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                              | Thanjavur                                                                                       | 22517                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                              | The Nilgirish                                                                                   | 10269                                                                                           |
| 27                                                                                              | Theni                                                                                           | 11246                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                              | Thiruvallur                                                                                     | 58631                                                                                           |
| 29                                                                                              | Thiruvarur                                                                                      | 5502                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                              | Tiruchirappalli                                                                                 | 31547                                                                                           |
| 31                                                                                              | Tirunelveli                                                                                     | 19038                                                                                           |
| 32                                                                                              | Tirupattu                                                                                       | 941                                                                                             |
| 33                                                                                              | Tiruppur                                                                                        | 150484                                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                              | Tiruvannamalai                                                                                  | 11625                                                                                           |
| 35                                                                                              | Tuticorin                                                                                       | 21314                                                                                           |
| 36                                                                                              | Vellore                                                                                         | 45534                                                                                           |
| 37                                                                                              | Villupuram                                                                                      | 18011                                                                                           |
| 38                                                                                              | Virudhunagar                                                                                    | 54242                                                                                           |

Source: M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises