According to a joint survey conducted by CRISIL and DBS Bank India, some 30% of salaried women in Bengaluru experienced gender bias at their workplace, higher than the national average of 16%. The survey, conducted among 800 salaried and self-employed women across ten cities in the country, reported that 14% of salaried women in Hyderabad reported a gender bias.
Also, the perception of the gender gap in pay varied by region. For instance, 43% of salaried women respondents from Delhi reported perceiving it, whereas only 4% did so in Kolkata.
When it comes to negotiating salaries, 77% of women in Chennai said they did not face challenges, compared with 41% in Hyderabad. Some 42% of women across the country faced difficulties while negotiating salaries. Meanwhile, 96% of women in Kolkata faced no obstacles when negotiating salaries, while only 33% in Ahmedabad felt so.
