Lok Sabha Question No. 1334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: E-Shram Portal for Unorganised Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Mukesh Rajput, Pallab Lochan Das, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1334

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## E-SHRAM PORTAL FOR UNORGANISED WORKERS

†1334. SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT:

SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  cover  E-shram  card holders under Ayushman Scheme in the near future and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)the benefits the workers are likely to get from E-shram cards;
- (c)whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  has  created  a  Portal  to register unorganised workers such as construction labourers, migrant  workforce,  street  vendors,  and  domestic  workers,  among others and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  include  tea  garden workers  working  in  unorganised  Small  Gardens  of  Assam  for registration in the portal;
- (e)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f)the number of persons registered on the E-shram portal November, 2021 and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  has  launched  e-SHRAM portal  on  26.08.2021.  It  is  a  National  Database  of  the  Unorganised Workers  including  construction  workers,  street  vendors,  domestic workers, agriculture workers, migrant workers, and similar other subgroup of Unorganised Workers seeded with Aadhaar. It has been made

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available  to  the  States/  UTs  for  the  registration  of  Unorganised Workers on e-SHRAM portal. Unorganised Workers engaged in the tea gardens  are  also  registered  on  the  e-SHRAM  Portal.  All  eligible registered  unorganised  workers  will  get  benefit  of  an  accidental insurance cover of Rs 2.0 Lakh for a year free of cost through Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). One of the main objectives of this  portal  is  to  facilitate  delivery  of  Social  Security  Schemes  to  the workers. Certain categories of unorganized workers, eligible as per the set criteria (occupation criteria in urban areas and deprivation criteria in rural areas) and identified from the Socio Economic Caste census, 2011 are already covered under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya  Yojna  (PM-JAY).  The  state  wise  registration  of  unorganised workers as on 30 th  November, 2021 is annexed.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1334 for 06.12.2021 regarding E-Shram Portal for Unorganised Workers.

| Total number of registrations (State-wise) as on 30.11.2021   | Total number of registrations (State-wise) as on 30.11.2021   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                         | Total Registrations                                           |
| WEST BENGAL                                                   | 2,16,57,415                                                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                 | 1,92,39,067                                                   |
| ODISHA                                                        | 1,22,29,218                                                   |
| BIHAR                                                         | 1,06,82,753                                                   |
| JHARKHAND                                                     | 50,72,367                                                     |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                  | 43,62,380                                                     |
| PUNJAB                                                        | 36,40,689                                                     |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                | 32,34,509                                                     |
| RAJASTHAN                                                     | 24,94,717                                                     |
| ASSAM                                                         | 24,51,251                                                     |
| KERALA                                                        | 22,50,979                                                     |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                   | 22,35,471                                                     |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                | 17,20,603                                                     |
| TAMIL NADU                                                    | 14,06,369                                                     |
| GUJARAT                                                       | 12,86,772                                                     |
| KARNATAKA                                                     | 12,85,205                                                     |
| TELANGANA                                                     | 8,78,103                                                      |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                             | 8,59,737                                                      |
| HARYANA                                                       | 6,31,559                                                      |
| TRIPURA                                                       | 4,98,618                                                      |
| DELHI                                                         | 4,03,215                                                      |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                   | 3,89,268                                                      |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                              | 2,29,847                                                      |
| MANIPUR                                                       | 1,73,317                                                      |
| NAGALAND                                                      | 1,55,625                                                      |
| MEGHALAYA                                                     | 54,930                                                        |
| CHANDIGARH                                                    | 54,396                                                        |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                    | 32,055                                                        |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU                  | 14,161                                                        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                             | 10,150                                                        |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                   | 8,448                                                         |
| MIZORAM                                                       | 5,566                                                         |
| GOA                                                           | 3,814                                                         |
| SIKKIM                                                        | 3,370                                                         |
| LADAKH                                                        | 1,658                                                         |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                   | 185                                                           |
| Total                                                         | 9,96,57,787                                                   |

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