Lok Sabha Question No. 1216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: E-Shram Cards to Tea Garden Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## E-SHRAM CARDS TO TEA GARDEN LABOURERS

†1216. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enact  any  new  law  for  tea garden labourers in the country and the workers to whom e-SHRAM cards are being issued;
- (b)whether  e-SHRAM  cards  are  being  issued  to  tea  garden  labourers also;
- (c)if so, the details State/district-wise number of workers to whom the said cards have been issued so far;
- (d)the details of the facilities which the tea garden labourers could get through these e-SHRAM cards;
- (e)whether the Government  has adopted any new  methods  for providing  the  said  cards  to  tea  garden  labourers  who  are  semiliterate; and
- (f)the  number  of  tea  labourers  working  in  different  States  of  the country as per the Ministry and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): On 26 th  August, 2021, Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched  e-SHRAM  portal  which  is  a  National  Database  of the Unorganised Workers.  It has been made available to the States/ UTs for registration of unorganised workers such as Building and Other

Construction  workers,  domestic  workers,  agricultural  workers,  selfemployed  workers,  street  vendors,  small  shopkeepers  and  other similar groups of Unorganised workers on e-SHRAM portal.   The tea garden  workers,  who  are  not  members  of  ESIC/EPFO  and  in  the  age group  of  16  to  59  years,  are  also  being  registered  on  the  e-SHRAM Portal. The registration on e-SHRAM portal is based on selfdeclaration. There  is no educational qualification prescribed for registering  of  unorganised  worker  including  tea  garden  workers  on eSHRAM portal.  The  State-wise  details  of  the  tea  garden  workers  is annexed.  All  eligible  registered  unorganised  workers  including  tea garden workers are entitled to 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).

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (f)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 1216 for 06.12.2021 regarding 'E-Shram Cards to Tea Garden Labourers'.

| State-wise numbers of the tea garden labourers   | State-wise numbers of the tea garden labourers   | State-wise numbers of the tea garden labourers   | State-wise numbers of the tea garden labourers   | State-wise numbers of the tea garden labourers   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.                                           | State                                            | Men                                              | Women                                            | Total                                            |
| 1                                                | Assam                                            | 3,16,420                                         | 4,17,227                                         | 7,33,647                                         |
| 2                                                | West Bengal                                      | 1,34,506                                         | 2,06,129                                         | 3,40,635                                         |
| 3                                                | Tripura                                          | 4,665                                            | 6,585                                            | 11,250                                           |
| 4                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                | 1,595                                            | 2,092                                            | 3,687                                            |
| 5                                                | Sikkim                                           | 222                                              | 344                                              | 566                                              |
| 6                                                | Meghalaya                                        | 60                                               | 44                                               | 104                                              |
| 7                                                | Bihar                                            | 64                                               | 115                                              | 179                                              |
| 8                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                 | 108                                              | 219                                              | 327                                              |
| 9                                                | Mizoram                                          | 15                                               | 25                                               | 40                                               |
| 10                                               | Uttarakhand                                      | 47                                               | 54                                               | 101                                              |
| 11                                               | Manipur                                          | 0                                                | 0                                                | 0                                                |
| 12                                               | Nagaland                                         | 30                                               | 70                                               | 100                                              |
| 13                                               | Tamil Nadu                                       | 13,595                                           | 23,799                                           | 37,394                                           |
| 14                                               | Kerala                                           | 14,539                                           | 20,596                                           | 35,135                                           |
| 15                                               | Karnataka                                        | 902                                              | 1,748                                            | 2,650                                            |

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