Question : Participation of Women in Economic Activities

(a) whether the participation of women in economic activities has increased in the recent times and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has any data to estimate the number of women participating in various sectors of the economy including rural economy, if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government is aware that the increased participation of women in economic activities has led to exploitation of women and if so, the details thereof;
(d) the number of cases or incidents of exploitation of women reported during the last three years including the current year, State/year-wise;
(e) whether the Government has taken any measure to prevent such exploitation against women and to encourage them to participate in economic activities and if so, the details thereof; and
(f) the response of the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATISMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): As per the last three rounds of Annual Employment – Unemployment (EUS) Surveys conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment in the year 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16, the Worker Population Ratio for females aged 15 years & above according to usual status approach are 25.0%, 29.6% and 25.8% respectively.

(b) & (d): As per the data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total number of 34,651 cases in 2015 and 38,947 cases in 2016 were reported under rape (Section 376 of the IPC). A total number of 8685 and 7305 cases have been registered under insult to the modesty of women (section 509 of IPC) during 2015 and 2016 respectively. Further total numbers of 82422 and 81346 cases have been registered under assault on Women with intent to outrage her Modesty (Section 354 of IPC) during 2015 and 2016 respectively. Year-wise number of cases reported State/UT wise is at Annexure.

(e) & (f): The Ministry of Women and Child Development is administering the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013covers all women, irrespective of their age or employment status and protects them against sexual harassment at all workplaces whether organized or unorganized. Students, apprentices, labourers, domestic workers and even women visiting an officer are included in the Act.

In order to ensure the effective implementation of the Act, the Ministry has developed an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic–Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace. SHe-Box portal offers the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at workplace to all women employees in the country, including all government and private employees.

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Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (d) to the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.3249 for 12.07.2019 regarding “Participation of Women in Economic Activities”
State/UT wise details of Cases Registered (NCRB) under Rape, Assault on Women with intent to outrage her modesty and insult to the Modesty of Women during the year 2015 and 2016

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No. State/UT Rape Assault on Women with intent to outrage her Modesty ( Section 354 of IPC) Insult to the Modesty of Women (Section 509 of IPC)
2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016
1 Andhra Pradesh 1027 994 4616 4829 2200 1831
2 Arunachal Pradesh 71 92 101 109 2 10
3 Assam 1733 1779 4293 3378 111 34
4 Bihar 1041 1008 198 324 96 167
5 Chhattisgarh 1560 1626 1868 1770 53 101
6 Goa 86 61 150 143 34 32
7 Gujarat 503 982 1164 1224 73 59
8 Haryana 1070 1187 1886 1860 90 124
9 Himachal Pradesh 244 252 434 410 58 49
10 Jammu & Kashmir 296 256 1343 1235 175 153
11 Jharkhand 1053 1109 844 667 10 13
12 Karnataka 589 1655 5112 5260 154 160
13 Kerala 1256 1656 3987 4029 267 328
14 Madhya Pradesh 4391 4882 8049 8717 390 358
15 Maharashtra 4144 4189 11713 11396 1119 924
16 Manipur 46 55 84 65 2 5
17 Meghalaya 93 190 95 68 20 17
18 Mizoram 58 23 75 71 2 1
19 Nagaland 35 26 8 14 9 8
20 Odisha 2251 1983 6499 8252 472 437
21 Punjab 886 838 1123 1025 27 10
22 Rajasthan 3644 3656 4813 4839 9 15
23 Sikkim 5 92 21 34 2 11
24 Tamil Nadu 421 319 1163 854 20 27
25 Telangana 1105 1278 3608 377 1288 1003
26 Tripura 213 207 352 214 6 1
27 Uttar Pradesh 3025 4816 7885 11335 11 35
28 Uttarakhand 283 336 318 334 12 3
29 West Bengal 1199 1110 5069 4177 455 449
30 A & N Islands 36 30 57 46 5 2
31 Chandigarh 72 68 76 76 10 13
32 D & N Haveli 8 14 5 1 0 1
33 Daman & Diu 5 12 7 4 0 2
34 Delhi 2199 2155 5367 4165 1492 918
35 Lakshadweep 0 5 6 1 1 1
36 Puducherry 3 6 33 43 10 3
Total 34651 38947 82422 81346 8685 7305