Lok Sabha Question No. 5111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Domestic Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Gautam Gambhir, Srinivas Kesineni, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5111 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## DOMESTIC WORKERS

## 5111. SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR:

SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a)the key features of the All India Survey of Domestic workers launched by the Government and the timeline for the survey to be completed;
- (b)the  State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  domestic  workers  registered under the Domestic Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2008, and district-wise in particular for Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)the details of the number of complaints of sexual harassment received, resolved,  withdrawn  and  convicted  under  the  aforesaid  Act  or  the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013;
- (d)the  State-wise  data  of  the  average  minimum  wages  received  by
- domestic workers at present; and
- (e)whether the Government has conducted any survey or study to check
- the implementation of the 2008 Act, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Labour  Bureau  under  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has launched the fieldwork for the All India Survey on Domestic Workers on 22  November,  2021.  The  Survey  Covers  sample  size  from  All  India  (37) States /UTs and 742 Districts.

The  objective  of  the  Survey  on  Domestic  Workers  (DW)  are  as follows:

- (i) To estimate the number/proportion of DWs at National and State level.
- (ii) To  estimate  percentage  distribution  of  DWs  Estimates:  Live-in/ Live-out;  Formal/  Informal  Employment;  Migrant/  Non-Migrant; their wages and other socio-economic characteristics.
- (iii) Household Estimates of Live-in/ Live-out DWs.
- (iv) Average number of DWs engaged by different types of households.
- (b): As per Census 2011 data, the number of domestic workers in the country were 47,81,355. State-wise details are given at the Annexure.
- (c): The  national  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  is  collecting  data regarding  sexual  harassment  in  work/  Office  premises  (Section  354A  of IPC).  The  published  reports  are  available  till  the  year  2020,  which  are available at its website https://ncrb.gov.in.
- (d): Such data is maintained by the States.
- (e): No such survey has been done.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5111  for 04.04.2022 regarding  Domestic Workers .

| Sr. No.   | States/UTs                  | Number of Domestic Workers   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands UT | 2,085                        |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 4,66,209                     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 2,855                        |
| 4         | Assam                       | 38,397                       |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 39,685                       |
| 6         | Chandigarh UT               | 23,110                       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                | 1,08,422                     |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli UT      | 1,403                        |
| 9         | Daman &Diu UT               | 1,503                        |
| 10        | NCT of Delhi                | 2,11,767                     |
| 11        | Goa                         | 20,810                       |
| 12        | Gujarat                     | 2,39,517                     |
| 13        | Haryana                     | 1,02,476                     |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh            | 23,128                       |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir              | 18,937                       |
| 16        | Jharkhand                   | 39,371                       |
| 17        | Karnataka                   | 3,26,585                     |
| 18        | Kerala                      | 1,65,012                     |
| 19        | Lakshadweep UT              | 39                           |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh              | 1,89,170                     |
| 21        | Maharashtra                 | 9,92,040                     |
| 22        | Manipur                     | 1,248                        |
| 23        | Meghalaya                   | 11,461                       |
| 24        | Mizoram                     | 1,718                        |
| 25        | Nagaland                    | 2,470                        |
| 26        | Odisha                      | 92,714                       |
| 27        | Puducherry UT               | 22,815                       |
| 28        | Punjab                      | 1,41,861                     |
| 29        | Rajasthan                   | 99,288                       |
| 30        | Sikkim                      | 3,157                        |
| 31        | Tamilnadu                   | 6,05,169                     |
| 32        | Tripura                     | 8,770                        |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh               | 2,01,316                     |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                 | 27,512                       |
| 35        | West Bengal                 | 5,49,335                     |
|           | Total                       | 47,81,355                    |

Data as per Census 2011

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