Parliament Question: Rural Women in AI Data Annotation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3973 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27/03/2026 RURAL WOMEN IN AI DATA ANNOTATION 3973 Smt. Priyanka Chaturvedi: Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state: (a) whether Government is aware that a large number of data annotators supporting global AI systems are rural women, including Adivasi and Dalit women, engaged in reviewing disturbing content; (b) whether low monthly earnings, task-based pay and lack of job security amount to precarious employment; (c) measures to recognise data annotation as skilled work with fair wages, social security and mental health support; (d) whether rural communities were consulted before promoting AI data centres in tribal regions; and (e) safeguards to prevent exploitation of vulnerable rural labour by technology firms? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN) (a) to (e): The question does not pertain to the Ministry of Rural Development. ***** Page 1 of 1