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,...
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