**Executive Summary**
This document addresses Un-Starred Question No. 2324 regarding the SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment electronic Box) Portal, answering questions about its architecture, complaint statistics, onboarding status of government and private entities, and related details. The information provided by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), which launched the portal on August 29, 2024. The provided data covers the period up to February 6, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **SHe-Box Portal Purpose & Governance:**
* The portal supports the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (SH Act), aiming to provide a safe work environment for women across all sectors.
* The Act mandates the Appropriate Government to monitor implementation and maintain case data. Central and State Governments are designated based on workplace ownership and funding.
* The Act establishes a two-tiered mechanism for complaint redressal: Internal Committees (ICs) for workplaces with 10+ employees and Local Committees (LCs) for smaller workplaces or complaints against the employer.
* **Portal Features & Compliance:**
* Launched on August 29, 2024, to create a central repository of information on Local Committees (LCs) and Internal Committees (ICs).
* Provides single-window access for women to file complaints with confidentiality, and enables centralized data management and real-time tracking. Offers Multi-lingual support in 23 languages.
* The portal maintains a centralized repository of ICs, LCs, District and Nodal Officers, including 777 districts having uploaded LC details.
* Over 149,900 workplaces are onboarded, including 92,700 Government and 57,200 private establishments.
* Offers automated notifications and alerts to Nodal Officers to expedite updation.
* Provides options for workplaces to update training and awareness records.
* Maintains confidentiality of complaints, accessible only to the Chairperson of the Committee.
* Ensures timely disposal of complaints via automated notifications at 30, 60, and 90-day intervals.
* Provides an option for ICs to upload Annual Reports and confirm submission to the District Officers concerned.
* **Complaint Statistics:**
* From August 29, 2024, to February 6, 2026, the portal received 300 complaints, with 105 complaints disposed of.
* Complaints received broken down by year:
* 2024 (Aug 29 - Dec 31): 21 complaints
* 2025: 254 complaints
* 2026 (Jan 1 - Feb 6): 25 complaints
* **Supreme Court Directives:**
* Requires Chief Secretaries to direct District Officers to survey organizations, both public and private, regarding IC constitution.
* Requires District Officers to upload details to the SHe-Box portal.
* Further orders dated August 12, 2025 and January 6, 2026 directed District Officers to conduct the survey with the assistance of Labour Commissioners.
**Impact Analysis**
**Key Stakeholders:**
**Central Government Ministries/Departments**
* **Impact:** Must ensure they are onboarded on the SHe-Box portal and comply with the SH Act.
* **Action Required:** Ensure all workplaces under their control are onboarded and maintain updated records.
**State Governments**
* **Impact:** Responsible for workplaces within their jurisdiction and ensuring compliance with the SH Act.
* **Action Required:** Direct Chief Secretaries to survey organizations, upload details to the SHe-Box portal, and ensure collected data is onboarded.
**District Officers (Deputy Commissioners, District Magistrates, etc.)**
* **Impact:** Direct implementation and monitoring of the SH Act at the district level.
* **Action Required:** Survey organizations, upload details to the SHe-Box portal, and facilitate effective IC constitution.
**Employers (Public and Private Sectors)**
* **Impact:** Obligated to constitute ICs, onboard on the SHe-Box portal, and comply with the SH Act.
* **Action Required:** Constitute ICs, onboard on the portal, update training records, and ensure timely complaint disposal.
**Women in the Workforce**
* **Impact:** The SHe-Box portal provides a mechanism for reporting sexual harassment and seeking redressal.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the portal to report complaints and ensure appropriate action is taken.
Key Entities Referenced
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013: A law enacted to provide a safe and secure work environment for women.
Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD): The nodal ministry responsible for the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment Act, 2013.
SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment electronic Box) Portal: An online portal launched by MWCD to facilitate the reporting and redressal of sexual harassment complaints at workplaces.
Internal Committees (ICs): Committees established in workplaces with 10 or more employees to handle sexual harassment complaints.
Local Committees (LCs): Committees established in every district to handle sexual harassment complaints from workplaces with less than 10 employees or against the employer itself.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UN- STARRED QUESTION NO. 2324
TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2026
SHe BOX PORTAL
2324. SHRI KALI CHARAN SINGH:
SMT. ANITA NAGARSINGH CHOUHAN:
SHRI CAPTAIN BRIJESH CHOWTA:
SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:
DR. SHARMILA SARKAR:
SMT. SANJNA JATAV:
SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:
SMT. MAHIMA KUMARI MEWAR:
DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:
SHRI AVIMANYU SETHI:
SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:
DR. HEMANG JOSHI:
SHRI SHIVMANGAL SINGH TOMAR:
Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the statutory/administrative architecture governing the SHe-Box
(Sexual Harassment electronic Box) Portal and the institutional mechanisms through
which complaints are received, processed and escalated;
(b) the number of complaints received on the Portal since its inception, year-wise;
(c) the number of complaints resolved, pending and under various stages of inquiry
along with the average and median time taken for disposal;
(d) whether all Central Government Ministries/Departments have been on boarded on
the SHe-Box portal, if so, the details thereof and if not, the details of said Ministries
and departments; and
(e) the details of the private firms that have on boarded the said portal till date, year-
wise ?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)(a) to (e): The Government of India enacted ‘the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013’ (SH Act) with the aim to provide safe and
secure work environment to women. The Act is applicable to all women irrespective of their
age or employment status, working in organised or unorganised sector.
The Act mandates the Appropriate Government to monitor the implementation of the Act and
maintain data on number of cases filed and disposed of under SH Act. As per the Act, Central
Government is the Appropriate Government in respect of the workplaces established, owned,
controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the
Central Government. Similarly, the State Government is the Appropriate Government in
respect of the workplaces established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by
funds provided directly or indirectly by them. Further, the State Government is the Appropriate
Government for all other workplaces falling/ working within their jurisdiction (other than those
which are under the domain of Central Government).
The Act establishes a two-tiered institutional mechanism for complaint redressal, Internal
Committees (ICs) in every workplace with 10 or more employees and Local Committees (LCs)
in every district to handle complaints from workplaces with less than 10 employees and where
complaint is against the employer itself.
Being the Nodal Ministry for the SH Act, 2013, the Ministry of Women and Child
Development (MWCD) takes all appropriate measures to ensure its effective implementation
and in fostering coordination among stakeholders across Central Government, State
Governments and the private sector.
With a view to securing robust and transparent implementation of the SH Act, 2013, the
Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) launched the Sexual Harassment
electronic Box (SHe-Box) Portal (https://shebox.wcd.gov.in/) on 29th August 2024 as a
transformative digital governance initiative. The portal has been created with the objective of
creating a central repository of information on Local Committees (LCs) and Internal
Committees (ICs), which was not available earlier. It provides single-window access for
women across all sectors to file complaints of sexual harassment, thereby ensuring ease of
reporting with full confidentiality and accessibility. It further enables centralized data
management and monitoring of SH Act implementation, facilitates real-time tracking of
complaint status and promotes transparent communication between complainants and the
authorities responsible for handling complaints. The portal has Multi-lingual support facility
in 23 languages to make it user-friendly and provide an improved experience for users across
the country.
Hon’ble Supreme Court vide Order dated 03rd Dec, 2024, directed that the Chief Secretaries of
each State shall direct the Deputy Commissioners, District Magistrates or Additional District
Magistrates, Collector or Deputy Collector of each district to survey the number of
organisations, both public sector as well as private, within the district, about constitution of IC.
The District Officer was directed to upload the requisite details for the effective implementation
of Sections 4 and 6 of the Act in the matter of constitution of the Internal ComplaintsCommittee in a work place by every employer as well as the Local Committee which has been
constituted and upload the details to the SHe-Box portal which has been created by the Union
of India.
The Hon’ble Court vide subsequent orders dated 12th August, 2025 and 06th Jan, 2026, further
directed the District Officers to conduct the survey with the assistance of the Labour
Commissioners in the District and the Chief Labour Commissioner of the State and the States
to ensure that the data that has already been collected is on-boarded on the SHe-Box portal.
To enable effective compliance and adherence to the provisions of the Act, the Portal facilitates
the following measures for all workplaces:
a. The portal maintains a centralized repository of ICs, LCs and other Statutory officers,
i.e, District Officers, Nodal Officers designated under section 6(2) of the Act.
i. As of date, 777 districts have uploaded LC details
ii. Out of 777 districts, details of 646 District Officers and 624 Nodal officers designated
u/s 6(2) of the Act are uploaded
iii. Over 1,49,900 workplaces have been onboarded (92,700 Government establishments
(including 87 Central Ministries/ Departments) and 57,200 private establishments).
iv. Out of these, 61,380 have updated their ICs details (Government – 37,600; Private –
23,780).
v. To expedite updation, automated notifications (freeze messages, SMS, and email alerts)
are issued to Nodal Officers.
b. Training and Awareness
To ensure compliance with mandatory training obligations, in accordance with Section
19 of the Act, all workplaces onboarded are enabled to update records of trainings and
awareness programmes conducted for employees, ICs as well as LCs,
c. Confidentiality and Timely Disposal of Complaints
i. In compliance with Section 16 of the Act, confidentiality of complaints is strictly
maintained. Complaint details are accessible only to the Chairperson of the Committee.
ii. To ensure disposal within the statutory period of ninety (90) days, automated
notifications are issued to Nodal Officers and Chairpersons at regular intervals (30, 60,
and 90 days).
iii. In case of pendency beyond ninety (90) days, freeze messages, SMS, and email alerts
are triggered to enforce timely action.
d. Annual Report Submission
To ensure accountability and statutory compliance with Rule 14 of the POSH Rules,
the portal provides an option for ICs to upload their Annual Reports and confirm
submission to the District Officers concerned.The total number of complaints received on the SHe- Box Portal since its launch on 29th
August, 2024, as given below-
Calendar Year Complaint received
2024 21
(from 29.08.2024 to 31.12.2024)
2025 254
2026 25
(from 01.01.2026 to 06.02.2026)
Total 300
Total number of complaints disposed of is 105 out of 300 complaints received. The portal also
provides options for disposal of complaints in accordance with Section 12 of the SH Act, 2013
and Rules 8, 9, and 10 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013.
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