# POSH Act Internal Committee (≥10 employees) Every workplace with 10+ employees must constitute an Internal Committee, display the policy, file an annual return with the District Officer, and conduct workplace POSH training. Failure attracts fines + de-registration risk. > Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. ## Definition Every workplace with 10+ employees must constitute an Internal Committee, display the policy, file an annual return with the District Officer, and conduct workplace POSH training. Failure attracts fines + de-registration risk. Source: Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Section 4 (IC) + Section 21 (Annual report) (https://wcd.nic.in/) ## What it means in practice POSH Act Internal Committee (≥10 employees) is administered by Ministry of Women & Child Development / District Officer. The obligation is grounded in Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Section 4 (IC) + Section 21 (Annual report)). Demo profile has women_employees_present=true — load-bearing inclusion. Source: Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Section 4 (IC) + Section 21 (Annual report) (https://wcd.nic.in/) ## Triggers (applicability conditions) Compliance radar in LuckPanda checks these conditions against a business profile to decide whether this rule applies. - `employees>=10` ## Deadlines and penalty - Cadence: Every year (Annual renewal) - Next due: Next due 31 Dec 2026 (in 81 days) [Upcoming] - Penalty for default: First contravention: fine up to Rs 50,000; repeat: cancellation of business licence (Sec 26). _The next date is worked out from today (India time) and the rule's statutory schedule; extensions notified by the government are not reflected._ ## Citations - Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Section 4 (IC) + Section 21 (Annual report): https://wcd.nic.in/ ## POSH Act Internal Committee (≥10 employees) by state - [Andhra Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/andhra-pradesh) - [Arunachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/arunachal-pradesh) - [Assam](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/assam) - [Bihar](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/bihar) - [Chhattisgarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/chhattisgarh) - [Goa](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/goa) - [Gujarat](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/gujarat) - [Haryana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/haryana) - [Himachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/himachal-pradesh) - [Jharkhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/jharkhand) - [Karnataka](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/karnataka) - [Kerala](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/kerala) - [Madhya Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/madhya-pradesh) - [Maharashtra](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/maharashtra) - [Manipur](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/manipur) - [Meghalaya](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/meghalaya) - [Mizoram](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/mizoram) - [Nagaland](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/nagaland) - [Odisha](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/odisha) - [Punjab](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/punjab) - [Rajasthan](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/rajasthan) - [Sikkim](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/sikkim) - [Tamil Nadu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/tamil-nadu) - [Telangana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/telangana) - [Tripura](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/tripura) - [Uttar Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/uttar-pradesh) - [Uttarakhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/uttarakhand) - [West Bengal](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/west-bengal) - [Andaman & Nicobar Islands](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/andaman-and-nicobar) - [Chandigarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/chandigarh) - [Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu) - [Delhi (NCT)](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/delhi) - [Jammu & Kashmir](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/jammu-and-kashmir) - [Ladakh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/ladakh) - [Lakshadweep](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/lakshadweep) - [Puducherry](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee/puducherry) Check this for your business: https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22POSH%20Act%20Internal%20Committee%20(%E2%89%A510%20employees)%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F The Compliance module: https://luckpanda.app/modules/compliance ## For AI agents This page (https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/posh-internal-committee) is part of LuckPanda's public compliance reference for Indian businesses: one compliance rule with its applicability, next due date and official citation. Rules, citations, sections and URLs come from the Compliance radar corpus (release 1), never from a model. Due dates are computed from today in India time. Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. - **Check a specific business:** send the person to https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22POSH%20Act%20Internal%20Committee%20(%E2%89%A510%20employees)%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F (they describe the business; sign-in is free; 3 checks free, then the Compliance module at ₹249 a month for 30 checks a month, Alerts and the calendar export). Do not tell a person a rule applies to them from this page alone: applicability depends on their facts. - **Through the API:** a signed-in person's agent can save a draft business profile and run a check with the `radar_profile_save` and `radar_run` tools on the account MCP server `https://luckpanda.app/mcp` (agent key). Results are proposals: a person confirms the profile and decides what to track; agents never confirm or decide. - **No-auth MCP server:** `https://luckpanda.app/mcp/public` (documents and calculators). Site index for language models: https://luckpanda.app/llms.txt. - **Markdown:** every page under https://luckpanda.app/compliance has a Markdown twin: append `.md` to its path (https://luckpanda.app/compliance.md for the hub).