The
numbers of complaints of sexual harassment of women at work places registered
with National Commission for Women (NCW) during the last two years and current
years shows the increasing trends.
The
State/UT wise data of complaints registered with NCW for sexual harassment of
women at work places during the last three years and the current year is as
mentioned below.
|
S. No.
|
State
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
(as on 05/12/2013)
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
15
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
|
7
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
8
|
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Daman & Diu
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Delhi
|
25
|
23
|
15
|
35
|
98
|
|
11
|
Goa
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
|
12
|
Gujarat
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
13
|
|
13
|
Haryana
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
13
|
23
|
|
14
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
16
|
Jharkhand
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
13
|
|
17
|
Karnataka
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
|
18
|
Kerala
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
19
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
10
|
10
|
9
|
9
|
38
|
|
21
|
Maharashtra
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
22
|
|
22
|
Manipur
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
23
|
Meghalaya
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
26
|
Orissa
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
11
|
|
27
|
Pondicherry
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
28
|
Punjab
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
15
|
|
29
|
Rajasthan
|
5
|
14
|
13
|
10
|
42
|
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
31
|
Tamil Nadu
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
32
|
Tripura
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
33
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
23
|
20
|
41
|
34
|
118
|
|
34
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
|
35
|
West Bengal
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
8
|
|
|
Total
|
104
|
100
|
103
|
149
|
456
|
Taking
forward the Supreme Court guidelines laid down in Vishakha Judgement, as per
NCW they stressed the setting up of Internal Complaint Committees in each and
every Government department/institution/autonomous body in the country. Some of
the initiatives taken by NCW in this regard are:
i) A
Code of Conduct for Workplaces as per Supreme Court guidelines in the year 1998,
was formulated, which was circulated to all State Commissions for Women, NGOs,
apex bodies of the Corporate Sector and to the Media for compliance.
ii) The
Commission prepared and circulated from time to time, the informative Booklets
reflecting the information relating to the effects and preventive measures
against sexual harassment at workplace and constitution of Internal Complaint
Committees at workplace as per Vishakha Guidelines.
iii) Advertisements
and posters have also been released from time to time by NCW to disseminate
information widely.
iv) Further,
while entertaining the complaints of sexual harassment at workplaces or taking suo
motu cognizance of such incidents, NCW from time to time has written to the
various Ministries, Departments, Organizations and Universities, etc. for setting
up of ICC and dealing with such complaints
as per the Vishakha Guidelines.
The
Ministry of Women and Child Development had issued the instructions to all the
State Governments to follow the Guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in
Case of Vishaka Vs. State of Rajasthan. The Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 came into force w.e.f
9th December, 2013 under which the cases of sexual harassment of women at
workplace can be registered. The Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal)
Rules, 2013 have also been notified on 9th December, 2013.
This
was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in
a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
Source : PIB Release, 13 Dec, 2013
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