Sikkim topped the women workplace index, Delhi at the bottom
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We often hear that size doesn’t matter and small things bring about the biggest changes. This is what happened when the tiny state of Sikkim emerged at the top spot with the best workplace conditions for women in India. Delhi, the national capital on the other hand happened to be ranked the worst for women to work in.
A report, jointly prepared by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (
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The ranking was based on four main factors: legal restrictions on women's working hours in factories, retail, and the IT industry; the responsiveness of the state's criminal justice system to crimes affecting working women, such as sexual harassment; the number of women workers in the state as a percentage of total workers; and the number of incentives the state's startup and industrial policies offer women entrepreneurs.
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Sikkim is followed by Telangana (28.5 points), Puducherry (25.6), Karnataka (24.7), Himachal Pradesh (24.2), Andhra Pradesh (24.0),
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These restrictions were removed as a result of court order in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
Maharashtra missed the perfect score by just a point as the state doesn’t allow women to work after 10 pm in retail establishments.
India has the world's lowest rate (24 per cent) of female workforce participation as many states have laws limiting women's working hours, and Indian women face harassment in the workplace and while commuting.
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