New Delhi: There are 12.9 crore women workers as per National Sample
Survey Office (NSSO) survey conducted in 2011-12, government today told the Lok
Sabha.
"As per the survey results, the
number of women workers was 12.9 crore during 2011-12," Minister of State
for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
As per the NSSO survey in 2012,
while 23.9 percent women, who were graduates and above, were working in urban
areas, just 2.4 percent in the same catagory were working in rural areas.
Similarly, 57 percent non-literate
women were working in rural areas as per 2011-12 survey while 27.1 percent of
such women workers were engaged in urban areas. While 21.8 percent of women who
were literate and had studied upto primary level were engaged in rural sector,
19 percent were engaged in urban sector in the same category.
The NSSO survey of 2011-12 also
shows that while 56.1 percent of women were self-employed, 12.7 percent were
regular wage workers and 31.2 percent casual labours.
Sai said that to enhance the labour
force participation rate among women, his ministry is providing trainign to
women through ITIs, National Vocational Training Institutes, Regional
Vocational Training Institutes for making them more employable.
"The National Council for
Vocation Training has also enhanced the percentage of reservation for women
from 25 percent to 30 percent. A large number of women are being trained in
modular employable skills under skill development
initiatives scheme," Sai said.
initiatives scheme," Sai said.
Giving figures, the minister said
the expenditure for Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
for the last three year was Rs 1010.23 crore, Rs 1228.44 crore and Rs 988.36
crore during 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
He said that in addition to the
existing ITIs, where women can persue vocational training, there are eleven
institutes being run by the central government exclusively for women which are
in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerela, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh andWest Bengal.
It has also been decided to open
eight new Regional Vocational Training Institutes for Women in Bihar, Goa,
Himanchal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and
Uttarakhand, the minister said.
PTI
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