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.
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MV