Lok Sabha Question No. 3245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Status of Registrations on e-SHRAM Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathva, Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3245

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2024

## STATUS OF REGISTRATIONS ON e-SHRAM PORTAL

3245. SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA: SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)the details and the status of registration of unorganised workers
- on the e-Shram portal since its inception, State-wise and genderwise;
- (b)the  timeline  for  completing  the  said  registration  of  unorganised
- workers on the e-Shram Portal;
- (c)whether  all  the  registered  workers  have  an  Aadhaar-seeded  e-
- Shram cards and, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)the timeline for completing issuance of Aadhaar-seeded e-Shram
- cards of workers registered on the e-Shram Portal; and
- (e)whether  the  Government  has  given  a  target  to  each  State  to complete registration  of  workers  and  if  so,  the  criteria  used  for deciding the target number of registrations on the e-Shram portal for each State?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): 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),  against  the  target  of  registration  of  25  crore unorganised workers on the portal till March, 2025, as on 09.12.2024, over  30.45  crore  unorganised  workers  have  been  registered  on eShram portal.

The State/UT-wise data of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal since its launch is attached at Annexure.

The targets for  registration  to  each  state  are  based  on

Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2017-18.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3245 for 16.12.2024 regarding 'Status of Registrations on e-SHRAM Portal'

- (i) State/UT wise registration of unorganised workers on eShram portal as on 09.12.2024

| S. No.   | State/UTs                                    | Total Registrations   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 32,330                |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                               | 81,31,892             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 1,97,887              |
| 4        | Assam                                        | 75,72,428             |
| 5        | Bihar                                        | 2,95,72,870           |
| 6        | Chandigarh                                   | 1,85,017              |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                                 | 85,24,479             |
| 8        | Delhi                                        | 34,57,018             |
| 9        | Goa                                          | 75,479                |
| 10       | Gujarat                                      | 1,18,78,665           |
| 11       | Haryana                                      | 53,51,389             |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                             | 19,81,879             |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 35,31,501             |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                    | 95,99,240             |
| 15       | Karnataka                                    | 1,03,36,899           |
| 16       | Kerala                                       | 60,05,225             |
| 17       | Ladakh                                       | 33,393                |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                                  | 2,792                 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                               | 1,84,21,762           |
| 20       | Maharashtra                                  | 1,73,05,458           |
| 21       | Manipur                                      | 4,51,694              |
| 22       | Meghalaya                                    | 3,25,860              |
| 23       | Mizoram                                      | 64,942                |
| 24       | Nagaland                                     | 2,31,526              |
| 25       | Odisha                                       | 1,35,32,618           |
| 26       | Puducherry                                   | 1,89,258              |
| 27       | Punjab                                       | 57,67,014             |
| 28       | Rajasthan                                    | 1,42,63,016           |
| 29       | Sikkim                                       | 42,110                |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 88,92,235             |
| 31       | Telangana                                    | 44,47,080             |
| 32       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 74,343                |
| 33       | Tripura                                      | 8,84,652              |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                                | 8,37,37,987           |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                                  | 30,53,939             |
| 36       | West Bengal                                  | 2,64,02,829           |
|          | Total                                        | 30,45,58,706          |

(ii) Gender wise registration of unorganised workers on eShram portal as on 09.12.2024

- Female -

16,31,70,144

- Male -

14,13,81,321

- Others -

7,241

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