Lok Sabha Question No. 2048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Workers in Unorganised Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2048 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## WORKERS IN UNORGANISED SECTOR

## 2048. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

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

- (a)the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  benefit  of workers in the Unorganised sector;
- (b)total  number  of  people  benefited  through  E  Shram  Card,  State/UTwise; and
- (c)total  number  of  people  benefited  by  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi
- Maan-Dhan Pension Yojana?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As  per  the  Unorganised  Workers'  Social  Security  Act, 2008, the  Government is mandated to provide Social Security to the workers of unorganised sector by formulating suitable welfare schemes  on  matters  relating  to  life  and  disability  cover,  health  and maternity benefits, old age protection etc.

The details of the social security schemes are as follow:

- i) Life and disability cover is provided through Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Surksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) launched in 2015.
2. (ii) The health and maternity benefits are provided through Ayushman  Bharat-Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (ABPMJAY) under deprivation and occupational criteria. It provides health  insurance  coverage  upto  Rs.5.00  lakhs  per  family  for secondary and tertiary care related hospitalization.

- (iii)  In order to provide old age protection to unorganised workers, the  Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan  (PM-SYM)  pension  scheme  in  2019.  It  provides monthly pension of Rs.3000/- after attaining the age of 60 years. As on 09.03.2022 the benefits of the PM-SYM scheme have been extended to more than 46 lakhs workers of unorganised sector.

As on 09.03.2022, more than 26 crore unorganised workers have been  registered  under  the  e-SHRAM  portal.  The  State(s)/UT(s)  wise details of registration under e-SHRAM portal is attached as Annexure.

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Annexure  Referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.  2048  for 14.03.2022 'Workers in Unorganised Sector' Raised By Shri Ramesh Bidhuri.

| State (s)/UT(s)                       |   Number of Registrations |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| UTTAR PRADESH                         |                  82232556 |
| BIHAR                                 |                  27637936 |
| WEST BENGAL                           |                  25255570 |
| MADHYAPRADESH                         |                  14741321 |
| ODISHA                                |                  13223465 |
| RAJASTHAN                             |                  11393234 |
| MAHARASHTRA                           |                  10454096 |
| JHARKHAND                             |                   8819616 |
| GUJARAT                               |                   7620692 |
| CHHATTISGARH                          |                   7600578 |
| TAMIL NADU                            |                   6688283 |
| ASSAM                                 |                   6441350 |
| KERALA                                |                   5743502 |
| PUNJAB                                |                   5308264 |
| KARNATAKA                             |                   5161375 |
| HARYANA                               |                   5100606 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                        |                   3695201 |
| DELHI                                 |                   3138523 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                     |                   3103699 |
| TELANGANA                             |                   3096853 |
| UTTARAKHAND                           |                   2891634 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                      |                   1764340 |
| TRIPURA                               |                    808369 |
| MANIPUR                               |                    374998 |
| NAGALAND                              |                    200194 |
| MEGHALAYA                             |                    190834 |
| PUDUCHERRY                            |                    173552 |
| CHANDIGARH                            |                    168317 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                     |                     80411 |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANANDDIU |                     70859 |
| MIZORAM                               |                     28393 |
| ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS             |                     26734 |
| GOA                                   |                     21499 |
| LADAKH                                |                     17035 |
| SIKKIM                                |                     10273 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                           |                       737 |

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