Parliament Question: Functioning of National and State Women’s Commissions

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2227 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026 FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL AND STATE WOMEN’S COMMISSIONS 2227. MS. SWATI MALIWAL: Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) details of vacancies in the posts of Chairpersons and Members of National Commission for Women and State Women’s Commissions, along with year since the vacancy exists; (b) details of the sanctioned strength, posts filled and vacancies, category-wise and position- wise, Commission-wise, including National Commission for Women (NCW); (c) number of cases received, disposed of, resolved and pending with NCW and State Women’s Commissions, year-wise and Commission-wise, including number of (suo- motu) cases taken up; and (d) whether Government has assessed the impact of vacancies, if any, on disposal of cases and overall functioning of these Commissions and steps taken to ensure that vacancies are filled in a time-bound manner? ANSWER MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI) (a) The National Commission for Women consists of one Chairperson and five Members. The post of Chairperson is filled. Two posts out of the five posts of Members are vacant since the year 2022 while two posts have fallen vacant recently in 2026. The filling of the posts is continuous process. State Commissions for Women are statutory bodies established by individual State Governments through their respective State legislations. They function under the administrative jurisdiction of the State Government concerned. (b) Details of the sanctioned strength, posts filled and vacancies, category-wise and position- wise in NCW are at Annexure. (c) The year-wise data of complaints related to deprivation of women’s rights/crimes against women registered with the National Commission for Women including Suo-Motu cases taken up during the last three years is given as under.SI. Year Number of cases Number of cases closed during the Number of pending cases No. registered during year (including old cases and those (Under process, pending the year received during the year) for closure) 1 2023 29128 39191 5084 2 2024 26016 24344 3603 3 2025 27880 47308 10053 (d) National Commission for Women has engaged staff on contractual basis to meet its requirement as a stop gap arrangement. *****ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO PART (B) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2227 FOR ANSWER ON 11.03.2026 REGARDING “FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL AND STATE WOMEN’S COMMISSIONS” RAISED BY MS. SWATI MALIWAL Details of Sanctioned Strength, In Position and Vacant Posts in National Commission for Women as on date: - Sl. No. Post Sanctioned Strength In-position Vacant Group “A” 1 Member Secretary 1 1 0 2 Joint Secretary* 1 1 0 3 Deputy Secretary 2 1 1 4 Senior Principal Private Secretary 1 - 1 5 Under Secretary 4 3 1 6 Law Officer 1 1 0 7 Pay and Account Officer 1 1 0 8 Senior Research Officer 1 1 0 9 Senior Analyst 1 1 0 10 Principal Private Secretary 1 1 0 TOTAL 14 11 3 Group “B”- Gazetted 11 Section Officer 5 4 1 12 Research Officer 2 0 2 13 Assistant Public Relation Officer 1 0 1 14 Assistant Law Officer 1 0 1 15 Private Secretary 8 6 2 TOTAL 17 10 7 Group “B”-Non Gazetted 16 Assistant Section Officer 5 2 3 17 Legal Assistant 9 1 8 18 Research Assistant 5 1 4 19 Junior Hindi Translator 1 0 1 20 Personal Assistant 6 1 5 Total 26 5 21 Group “C” 21 Lower Division Clerk 1 1 0 Total 1 1 0 *Promoted as Additional Secretary w.e.f. 31.12.2025. *****