Lok Sabha Question No. 95 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: e-Shram and PM-SYM Data
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Raju Bista

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 95

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## e-SHRAM AND PM-SYM DATA

95.    SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a)the details regarding total number of e-Shram card registrations since its inception in West Bengal, district-wise;
- (b)the number of workers enrolled for e-Shram cards in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Uttar Dinajpur districts; and
- (c)the number of workers enrolled under the PM Shram Yogi MaanDhan (PM-SYM) Yojana in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Uttar Dinajpur districts?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26 th 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.

District  wise  registration  of  unorganised  workers  under eShram in West  Bengal State  including  Darjeeling,  Kalimpong  and Uttar Dinajpur Districts is at Annexure I and the number of workers enrolled  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Maan-dhan  Yojana (PM-SYM) in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Uttar Dinajpur Districts is at Annexure II.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 95 for 03.02.2024 regarding 'e-Shram and PM-SYM Data'

District wise number of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal in West Bengal including Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Uttar Dinajpur Districts is as under:

| S. No.   | Districts          | Total Registrations   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.       | 24 Paraganas North | 20,58,482             |
| 2.       | 24 Paraganas South | 22,58,722             |
| 3.       | Alipurduar         | 4,21,745              |
| 4.       | Bankura            | 14,12,781             |
| 5.       | Birbhum            | 13,66,652             |
| 6.       | Coochbehar         | 11,00,151             |
| 7.       | Darjeeling         | 2,79,564              |
| 8.       | Dinajpur Dakshin   | 6,05,379              |
| 9.       | Dinajpur Uttar     | 9,70,669              |
| 10.      | Hooghly            | 13,69,243             |
| 11.      | Howrah             | 9,46,143              |
| 12.      | Jalpaiguri         | 6,18,746              |
| 13.      | Jhargram           | 4,06,413              |
| 14.      | Kalimpong          | 51,456                |
| 15.      | Kolkata            | 2,22,521              |
| 16.      | Maldah             | 13,71,711             |
| 17.      | Medinipur East     | 17,27,522             |
| 18.      | Medinipur West     | 15,83,086             |
| 19.      | Murshidabad        | 23,78,518             |
| 20.      | Nadia              | 19,45,225             |
| 21.      | Paschim Bardhaman  | 5,68,681              |
| 22.      | Purba Bardhaman    | 16,46,482             |
| 23.      | Purulia            | 11,13,797             |
|          | Total              | 2,64,23,689           |

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 95 for 03.02.2024 regarding 'e-Shram and PM-SYM Data'

Number of workers enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana (PM-SYM) in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Uttar Dinajpur Districts of West Bengal is as under:

|   S. No. | Districts      |   Total Registrations |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Uttar Dinajpur |                  4406 |
|        2 | Darjeeling     |                  1393 |
|        3 | Kalimpong      |                   214 |

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