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The Union Labour & Employment Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that 3.6 percent of women in the age group of 15 and above do not have gainful employment in the country.

Referring to a survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSS), he said "the share of females employed on usual status basis was 26.1 percent in rural areas and 13.8 percent in urban areas, in 2009- 2010. This share was 29.9 percent in rural areas and 13.9 percent in urban areas during 1999-2000."

In rural areas, 79.4 percent women are working as cultivators and agriculture laborers. In urban areas, 34.6 percent of women are working in other services such as public administration, education and community services. The Minister also said the number of person-days of employment was 3.45 lakhs, in both rural and urban areas.

"As per NSS  Report on Migration in India for rural females, the share of employment related reasons for migration has dropped from 1 percent in 1999-2000 to 0.7 percent in 2007-08 while for urban females, it has dropped from 3 percent in 1999-2000 to 2.7 percent in 2007-08," he added.

Here is the table showing the state-wise and urban/rural wise share of women employment in India, as per number of persons on usual status (All) basis per 1000 persons during 2009-10:

Sl. No. State Rural Urban
1 Andhra Pradesh 443 176
2 Arunachal Pradesh 293 148
3 Assam  158 93
4 Bihar 65 47
5 Chhattisgarh 371 140
6 Delhi 28 58
7 Goa 127 100
8 Gujarat 320 143
9 Haryana 250 130
10 Himachal Pradesh 468 159
11 Jammu & Kashmir 292 138
12 Jharkhand 159 85
13 Karnataka 370 170
14 Kerela 218 194
15 Madhya Pradesh 282 131
16 Maharashtra 396 159
17 Manipur 212 146
18 Meghalaya 371 214
19 Mizoram 404 288
20 Nagaland 319 132
21 Orissa 243 119
22 Punjab 240 124
23 Rajasthan 357 120
24 Sikkim 309 150
25 Tamil Nadu 405 191
26 Tripura 188 108
27 Uttrakhand 399 113
28 Uttar Pradesh 174 80
29 West Bengal 152 141
30 Andaman & Nicobar 199 191
31 Chandigarh 93 135
32 Dadara & Nagar Haveli 42 6
33 Daman & Diu 198 86
34 Lakshdweep 245 271
35 Puducherry 349 203

Source: Ministry of Union Labour & Employment