Lok Sabha Question No. 1684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: PM-SYM Yojana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1684

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## PM-SYM YOJANA

1684. SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  started  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana (PM-SYM), if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the labourers belonging to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Latur particularly belonging to Satara and Solapur district have also been benefited by the said scheme and if so, the details thereof till date;
- (c)the time since when PM-SYM was introduced to provide pension for workers in unorganised sectors and the procedure for selection of beneficiaries under the said Yojana;
- (d)whether any criteria have been fixed for the beneficiaries, if so, the details of eligible beneficiaries registered and benefited under the said scheme since its inception till date, State-wise and year-wise; and
- (e)the number of approved pending applicants along with the amount payable  to  the  beneficiaries  from  2019  to  2023,  year  and  districtwise  and  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  said  scheme  in Maharashtra and Karnataka?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (e): The  Government  of  India  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram Yogi  Maan-Dhan  Yojana  (PM-SYM)  in  February,  2019  to  provide  a monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- after attaining the age of 60 years. The eligibility criteria for registration under the scheme is as under;

I. should be an unorganized worker; II. Entry age between 18-40 years;

- III. monthly income Rs. 15000 or below

Apart from the above, a person should not be engaged in an organised Sector (Membership of EPF/NPS/ESIC) and not an income tax payer.  The  details  of  registered  workers  belonging  to  Maharashtra, Karnataka,  Latur,  Satara  and  Solapur  is  as  per  Annexure-I.  The registered  beneficiaries  under  the  said  scheme  since  its  inception,

State-wise and year-wise is as per Annexure-II

No  beneficiary  enrolled  under  the  PM-SYM  has  completed

60 years of age to become eligible to receive the pension.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1684  FOR  13.02.2023  REGARDING  'PM-SYM  Yojana'  RAISED  BY  SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR.

|   Sl.No. | State/District   |   No. of beneficiaries registered ` |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Maharashtra      |                              614141 |
|        2 | Karnataka        |                              130033 |
|        3 | Latur District   |                               22925 |
|        4 | Satara District  |                               36004 |
|        5 | Solapur District |                               23260 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1684  FOR  13.02.2023  REGARDING  'PM-SYM  Yojana'  RAISED  BY  SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT Name                         | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | Total     |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands           | 1033      | 822       | 277       | 175       | 32        | 2339      |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                        | 37444     | 107248    | 6201      | 1568      | 17801     | 170262    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 810       | 1589      | 77        | 203       | 191       | 2870      |
| 4         | Assam                                 | 9634      | 7563      | 3876      | 6343      | 10233     | 37649     |
| 5         | Bihar                                 | 104887    | 74782     | 16924     | 9472      | 10459     | 216524    |
| 6         | Chandigarh                            | 974       | 3738      | 361       | 90        | 11        | 5174      |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                          | 92631     | 111930    | 3857      | 5011      | 15989     | 229418    |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 953       | 575       | 37        | 20        | 42        | 1627      |
| 9         | Delhi                                 | 4791      | 2711      | 608       | 1575      | 562       | 10247     |
| 10        | Goa                                   | 212       | 728       | 35        | 27        | 1025      | 2027      |
| 11        | Gujarat                               | 335279    | 31407     | 2050      | 2432      | 16119     | 387287    |
| 12        | Haryana                               | 562199    | 314740    | 26049     | 10216     | 3926      | 917130    |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                      | 14355     | 26033     | 1362      | 2643      | 3163      | 47556     |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                        | 36735     | 27056     | 6643      | 3138      | 659       | 74231     |
| 15        | Jharkhand                             | 97735     | 29266     | 2326      | 1642      | 4813      | 135782    |
| 16        | Karnataka                             | 39351     | 51925     | 8769      | 16267     | 13721     | 130033    |
| 17        | Kerala                                | 7027      | 2398      | 1136      | 1893      | 3013      | 15467     |
| 18        | Ladakh                                | 889       | 563       | 10        | 7         | 4         | 1473      |
| 19        | Lakshwadeep                           | 21        | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 21        |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                        | 80101     | 39089     | 5139      | 7509      | 45621     | 177459    |
| 21        | Maharashtra                           | 527226    | 61984     | 9541      | 6980      | 8410      | 614141    |
| 22        | Manipur                               | 2350      | 1310      | 237       | 335       | 1463      | 5695      |
| 23        | Meghalaya                             | 916       | 1162      | 811       | 410       | 2027      | 5326      |
| 24        | Mizoram                               | 436       | 120       | 58        | 60        | 474       | 1148      |
| 25        | Nagaland                              | 1432      | 2547      | 739       | 138       | 90        | 4946      |
| 26        | Odisha                                | 104847    | 50621     | 9107      | 7128      | 12227     | 183930    |
| 27        | Puducherry                            | 851       | 322       | 82        | 72        | 1054      | 2381      |
| 28        | Punjab                                | 21915     | 9891      | 1718      | 1575      | 23380     | 58479     |
| 29        | Rajasthan                             | 61907     | 216675    | 3303      | 2582      | 21247     | 305714    |
| 30        | Sikkim                                | 61        | 43        | 21        | 17        | 166       | 308       |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                            | 40730     | 14016     | 2381      | 2317      | 6355      | 65799     |
| 32        | Telengana                             | 19438     | 18455     | 2612      | 1715      | 6531      | 48751     |
| 33        | Tripura                               | 13680     | 12184     | 3113      | 1337      | 1350      | 31664     |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                         | 466310    | 349720    | 38701     | 13361     | 19668     | 887760    |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                           | 18629     | 14622     | 1291      | 493       | 3747      | 38782     |
| 36        | West Bengal                           | 35920     | 24055     | 12559     | 20178     | 13043     | 105755    |
|           | Total                                 | 27,43,709 | 16,11,890 | 1,72,011  | 1,28,929  | 2,68,616  | 49,25,155 |

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