(a) whether work participation of the minorities among men and women is much lower in comparison to their population; and
(b) if so, the details of the percentage of the minority communities in the employment of the public sector, industry-wise?
(a) whether work participation of the minorities among men and women is much lower in comparison to their population; and
(b) if so, the details of the percentage of the minority communities in the employment of the public sector, industry-wise?
MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)
(a) & (b): The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has informed that as per the latest survey on Employment – Unemployment, the Worker Population Ratio (WPR) per thousand of persons in usual status for different religious groups, separately for males and females at all-India level, is as under:
Religious Group Gender WPR
Islam Male 511
Female 136
Christianity Male 541
Female 273
Sikhism Male 564
Female 225
Others (Jainism, Buddhism, Parsis and Others) Male 560
Female 283
All India (for all communities) Male 544
Female 219
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, has informed that it is a coordinating Department for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) excluding CPSEs in Banks and Financial/Insurance sectors. Based on the latest available information as per Public Enterprises (PE) survey 2016-17, there was a total of 96,528 regular minority employees in CPSEs as on 31.03.2017 out of a total 11,29,261 regular employees in 257 operating CPSEs, which comes to about 8.54%.
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