Lok Sabha Question No. 3920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Effectiveness of e-Shram Scheme
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Kunduru Raghuveer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3920 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

## EFFECTIVENESS OF e-SHRAM SCHEME

3920. SHRI KUNDURU RAGHUVEER:

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

- (a)whether  the  e-Shram  portal  has  any  safety-related  benefits  or emergency insurance coverage for unorganised workers;
- (b)the details of the number of registered persons on e-Shram Portal and received safety or insurance support in Telangana;
- (c)whether the Government has tied up with State Governments to link  e-Shram  Portal  with  health  insurance  and  accident  claim schemes;
- (d)whether any feedback or independent study has been done by the Government  to  evaluate  the safety impact  on the  workers registered on e-Shram Portal and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)whether the Government proposes to issue physical safety kits or conduct training under the e-Shram umbrella?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): 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  11 th   August  2025,  over  30.99  crore  unorganised workers  have  already  registered  on  eShram  Portal  including  over 45.45  lakh  unorganised  workers  have  registered  in  the  State  of Telangana.

The guidelines to process accidental death/ disability claims on eShram  through  ex-gratia,  in  line  with  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima Yojana  (PMSBY),  were  issued  on  24.08.2023.  As  per  the  guidelines, unorganised  workers  registered  on  eShram  between  the  period  from 26.08.2021 and 31.03.2022 and those who met with an accident during the aforesaid period was entitled for Rupees Two lakh in case of accidental death or total irrecoverable disability and Rupees One lakh in case of partial irrecoverable disability. As on 31th July 2025, Twenty eligible beneficiaries received the ex-gratia payment in the State of Telangana.

In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement 2024-25 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 -StopSo lution'  entails  integration  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,  health  insurance  and  accidental  claim  to eShram  cardholders  including  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima  Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi), National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana -Gramin  (PMAY-G), Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana -Urban  (PMAY-U),  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya Sampada  Yojana  (PMMSY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Samman  Nidhi  (PMKISAN), One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY).

Apart  from  the  above,  eShram  has  linkages  with  National Career Service (NCS) for Job Opportunities , Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) for Skill Development and Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)

for Pension.

To evaluate the effectiveness of eShram portal, a third party evaluation/ impact assessment of eShram has been taken up by the Quality

Council of India (QCI).

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