Lok Sabha Question No. 1301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Registration of Tea Garden Workers   at e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1301

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2025

## REGISTRATION OF TEA GARDEN WORKERS AT e-SHRAM PORTAL

1301. DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

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

(a)the  details  of  the  number  of  tea  garden  workers  in  Jalpaiguri registered and benefitted under the e-SHRAM portal; and security schemes  for  unorganised  sector  workers  in  Jalpaiguri,  particularly

- (b)whether the Government  is implementing any social women and tribal labourers and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) & (b): The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  launched  eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26th August 2021 for creation of a comprehensive  National  Database  of  Unorganised  Workers  (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar. eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.

As on 22 nd  July 2025, over 30.95 crore unorganised workers have already registered on eShram portal including 17,337 tea garden workers in  Jalpaiguri.  Scheme  wise  details  of  tea  garden  workers  in Jalpaiguri  district  registered  on  eShram  portal  as  on  24.07.2025  is annexed.

For providing benefits, eShram portal is integrated /mapped with following portal/ schemes:

- (i)  eShram  has  been  integrated  with  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Portal.  An  unorganised  worker  can  register  on  NCS  using  his/  her Universal Account Number (UAN) and search for suitable job opportunities. An option/ link has also been provided to registrants' on eShram portal to seamlessly register on NCS.

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- (ii) eShram is integrated with Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PMSYM). PM-SYM is a pension scheme for unorganised workers who are aged between 18-40 years. It provides a monthly pension of Rs. 3000/after attaining the age of 60 years. Using UAN any unorganised worker can  easily  enrol  under  PMSYM.  In  the  scheme  50  percent  of  the contribution is borne by the Government of India and the rest is being contributed by the worker.
- (iii) Workers are given an option to change their address and on the basis of their permanent address and current address, the migrant workers are identified.
- ( iv) Provision has been added in eShram to share construction workers' data  with  States/  Union  Territories  to  facilitate  their  registration  in respective Building and other Construction Workers (BoCW) boards.
- (v)  To  provide  skill  enhancement  and  apprenticeship  opportunities  to unorganised worker, eShram has been integrated with Skill India Digital portal of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
- (vi)  eShram is also integrated with myScheme portal. myScheme is a National Platform that aims to offer one-stop search and discovery of the Government schemes. It provides an innovative, technology-based solution to discover scheme information based upon the eligibility of the citizen.

In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement 202425  on  developing  eShram  as  a  One-Stop-Solution  for  unorganized workers to have access to various social security schemes, Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram -'One -StopSolution'  on 21 st   October  2024.  eShram -'One -StopSolution'  entails  integratio n  of different social security/ welfare schemes at single portal i.e. eShram. This  enables  unorganised  workers  registered  on  eShram  to  access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram.

So far, fourteen (14) schemes of different Central Ministries/ Departments have already been integrated/ mapped with the eShram to extend benefits and access to social security including Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha  Bima  Yojana  (PMSBY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima Yojana  (PMJJBY),  National  Family  Benefit  Scheme  (NFBS),  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  scheme  (MGNREGS), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana -Urban  (PMAY-U),  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana (PMMSY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Maan  Dhan  Yojana  (PM-KMY),  One Nation  One  Ration  Card  (ONORC)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandna Yojana (PMMVY).

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1301 for 28.07.2025 regarding 'Registration of Tea Garden Workers at e-Shram Portal'.

Number of tea garden workers registered on eShram in the district of Jalpaiguri who are availing benefits under select eShram integrated Central Government schemes as on 24.07.2025

| Scheme                                                           | Number of Registrations   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC)                               | 13,695                    |
| Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi)     | 4                         |
| Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) | 4,896                     |
| Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G)                     | 589                       |
| National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)                            | 3                         |
| Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)        | 2                         |
| Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)             | 57                        |
| Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U)                      | 7                         |
| Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)                     | -                         |
| Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)                 | 1,597                     |
| Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)                      | 5,373                     |
| Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)    | 32                        |
| Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KSN)                       | 39                        |
| Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY)                       | 7                         |

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