Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Women Income Tax Payers
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

70.   Smt. Mala Roy:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

the details regarding the number of women Income Tax payers during the last five years in the country,

Year-wise and State-wise?'

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

STATE-WISE SUMMARY ON WOMEN INCOME-TAX RETURN FILERS (UPTO 30-SEP-2024)

|   S.No | Name of State/ UT           | AY 2019-20              | AY 2020-21   | AY 2021-22   | AY 2022-23   | AY 2023-24   |
|--------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|      1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Jkhgijl;tg;lj kjf10,113 | 10,230       | 12,508       | 10,134       | 11,116       |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh              | 5,52,300                | 5,23,418     | 5,36,312     | 5,86,859     | 6,53,218     |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3,493                   | 3,375        | 3,661        | 4,131        | 4,765        |
|      4 | Assam                       | 2,01,939                | 1,88,232     | 1,94,034     | 2,04,830     | 2,17,090     |
|      5 | Bihar                       | 3,95,728                | 4,02,289     | 4,35,928     | 4,68,480     | 5,10,234     |
|      6 | Chandigarh                  | 89,873                  | 88,904       | 85,146       | 83,291       | 88,115       |
|      7 | Chattisgarh                 | 2,98,771                | 2,98,112     | 3,13,680     | 3,36,696     | 3,66,373     |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.70

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 25 th  NOVEMBER, 2024 AGRAHAYANA 4, 1946 (SAKA)

## Women Income Tax Payers

|   8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 8,595     | 8,293     | 8,378     | 8,453     | 9,001     |
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|   9 | Daman and Diu            | 5,429     | 5,395     | 5,553     | 5,523     | 5,854     |
|  10 | Delhi                    | 10,89,803 | 10,86,085 | 10,84,178 | 11,21,370 | 12,08,531 |
|  11 | Foreign                  | 15,475    | 22,359    | 27,879    | 31,267    | 40,327    |
|  12 | Goa                      | 80,262    | 76,950    | 80,230    | 84,942    | 92,626    |
|  13 | Gujarat                  | 18,08,749 | 18,48,233 | 19,50,499 | 20,84,639 | 22,50,098 |
|  14 | Haryana                  | 7,34,540  | 7,46,814  | 8,33,016  | 9,22,157  | 9,77,403  |
|  15 | Himachal Pradesh         | 1,28,638  | 1,21,568  | 1,29,724  | 1,42,523  | 1,65,059  |
|  16 | Jammu &Kashmir           | 78,781    | 76,203    | 86,147    | 1,03,439  | 1,17,514  |
|  17 | Jharkhand                | 2,46,714  | 2,48,427  | 2,65,070  | 2,87,886  | 3,18,065  |
|  18 | Karnataka                | 11,34,903 | 11,08,557 | 11,67,825 | 12,88,107 | 14,30,345 |
|  19 | Kerala                   | 5,76,300  | 5,68,916  | 6,12,093  | 6,85,201  | 7,73,842  |
|  20 | Ladakh                   | 30        | 242       | 269       | 171       | 205       |
|  21 | Lakshadweep              | 1,108     | 950       | 934       | 1,254     | 1,125     |
|  22 | Madhya Pradesh           | 7,15,357  | 7,13,234  | 7,58,352  | 8,17,269  | 8,77,857  |
|  23 | Maharashtra              | 29,94,756 | 29,83,114 | 31,53,173 | 33,89,737 | 36,83,457 |
|  24 | Manipur                  | 14,039    | 12,799    | 14,832    | 17,404    | 18,697    |
|  25 | Meghalaya                | 8,011     | 7,934     | 8,757     | 9,830     | 11,175    |
|  26 | Mizoram                  | 1,068     | 1,144     | 1,296     | 1,833     | 2,090     |
|  27 | Nagaland                 | 4,708     | 4,543     | 5,195     | 6,043     | 6,793     |
|  28 | Orissa                   | 2,79,965  | 2,77,619  | 2,98,853  | 3,30,353  | 3,69,410  |
|  29 | Puducherry               | 30,892    | 29,909    | 31,190    | 33,554    | 36,624    |
|  30 | Punjab                   | 9,70,801  | 9,52,516  | 11,00,730 | 12,60,517 | 13,22,580 |
|  31 | Rajasthan                | 10,77,487 | 10,91,899 | 11,58,517 | 12,47,240 | 13,52,202 |
|  32 | Sikkim                   | 2,976     | 2,912     | 3,107     | 3,421     | 4,136     |
|  33 | Tamil Nadu               | 12,92,028 | 12,48,720 | 13,10,279 | 14,16,364 | 15,51,769 |
|  34 | Telangana                | 6,13,207  | 6,00,346  | 6,86,825  | 7,79,088  | 8,55,113  |

| 35   | Tripura       | 18,642      | 17,264      | 18,448      | 20,373      | 22,791      |
|------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 36   | Uttar Pradesh | 15,81,627   | 16,02,701   | 17,05,427   | 18,70,873   | 20,43,794   |
| 37   | Uttarakhand   | 1,94,330    | 1,91,330    | 2,04,484    | 2,24,600    | 2,46,667    |
| 38   | West Bengal   | 10,50,755   | 10,55,110   | 11,13,569   | 11,89,293   | 12,95,506   |
| 39   | Unapportioned | 7           | 153         | 169         | 388         | 420         |
|      | Grand Total   | 1,83,12,200 | 1,82,26,799 | 1,94,06,267 | 2,10,79,533 | 2,29,41,987 |

## Note:

1. The latest e-Returns in ITR-1/2/2A/3/4/4S submitted by individuals (women) for specified AYs upto 30-Sep-2024 have been considered. The Gender of the individual ITR filer has been taken from PAN Master.
2. The State mentioned in the communication address in Part-A General of Income-Tax Returns has been taken, failing which the State mentioned in address in PAN Master has been taken.
3. The blank or incorrect States mentioned in addresses have been classified as 'Unapportioned'.

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