Lok Sabha Question No. 2856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Services Added to e-Shram Portal to Expand for Gig Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Locket Chatterjee, Rama Devi, Geeta Kora, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Jugal Kishore Sharma, T.R.V.S. Ramesh, M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2856 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## SERVICES ADDED TO E-SHRAM PORTAL TO EXPAND FOR GIG WORKERS

†2856.  SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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

- (a)the specific functionalities or services added to the e-Shram Portal to
- improve coverage and support for gig workers in the economy;
- (b)the number of recognised temporary workers (gig workers) registered on  the  said  portal  along  with  the  details  of  recognition  given  or benefits provided to them, year/State-wise;
- (c)the manner in which the newly added features of the e-Shram Portal are likely to benefit the said temporary workers in terms of accessing to  access  benefits  of  social  security  schemes  and  other  welfare
- benefits along with the details thereof;
- (d)whether the Government  proposes  to improve the  Employees Provident  Fund  (EPF)  and  Employees  State  Insurance  Corporation (ESIC) for ensuring better future of the workers of unorganised sector throughout the country; and

(e)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The Government has launched e-Shram portal on 26.08.2021 for registration and creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganized  Workers  including  gig  workers  and  platform  workers.  It allows a person to register himself or herself on the portal on a selfdeclaration basis,  which is spread  across  around 400  occupations. A Contd..2/-

new module for platform workers was made live on e-Shram portal in September, 2022 to improve coverage of platform workers and since then over 45,000 platform workers have registered/updated their profile on e-Shram portal as platform workers through this module. The data of gig workers is not separately captured on the e-Shram portal. Year-wise and State-wise count of the unorganised workers registered on e-Shram portal is annexed.

The new features developed on e-Shram portal and the benefits extended to the unorganised workers including gig and platform workers through e-Shram portal are as follows:

- (i)  Provision  has  been  added  in  e-Shram  to  capture  family  details  of migrant  workers.  Provision  has  been  added  in  e-Shram  to  share construction workers' data with States/UTs to facilitate their registration  in  respective  Building  and  other  Construction  Workers (BoCW) boards.
- (ii)  e-Shram  has  been  integrated  with  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Portal.  An  unorganised  worker  including  gig  &  platform  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 registrant on e-Shram portal to seamlessly register on NCS.
- (iii) e-Shram is also integrated with Pradhan  Mantri Shram-yogi Maandhan  (PM-SYM).  PM-SYM  is  a  pension  scheme  for  unorganised workers who are aged between 18-40 years. Using Universal Account Number  (e-Shram),  any  unorganised  worker  including  gig  &  platform worker can easily register on Maandhan portal.
- (iv)  To  provide skill enhancement and apprenticeship opportunities to unorganised worker including gig & platform worker, e-Shram has been integrated with Skill India Digital portal of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
- (v) eShram registrant, who is registered on NCS can also avail digital trainings through DigiSaksham programme.

The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952 is applicable to factories and notified classes  of  establishment  employing  twenty  or  more  employees  with monthly EPF wages up to RS.15000/per month Similarly, the Employees' State  Insurance  (ESI)  Act,  1948  is  applicable  to  all  factories  and establishments  employing  ten  or  more  persons  working  in  organized sector drawing wages up to Rs. 21000/- (Rs. 25000/- for persons with disabilities).

The  Code  on  Social  Security,  2020  (the  Code)  notified  on 29.09.2020 and envisages, inter-alia framing of schemes for unorganised workers. Further, the code for the first time enables an establishment having less than ten persons to join ESIC on voluntary basis. The provisions of the Code relating to Employees' Provident Fund is applicable to every establishment in which 20 or more employees are employed without any reference to scheduled establishment.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2856 FOR 07.08.2023 REGARDING SERVICES ADDED TO E-SHRAM PORTAL TO EXPAND FOR GIG WORKERS  BY SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL & OTHERS.

## Year wise and state wise registration details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal (As on 1 st  August 2023)

| SN    | State                                   | From 26th Aug 2021 to 31st Dec 2021   | From 01st Jan 2022 to 31st Dec 2022   | From 01st Jan 2023 to 16th July 2023   | Total Registration   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands             | 17,454                                | 10,956                                | 924                                    | 29,334               |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                          | 25,41,698                             | 53,35,941                             | 1,24,908                               | 80,02,547            |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 44,538                                | 95,503                                | 2,496                                  | 1,42,537             |
| 4     | Assam                                   | 48,95,082                             | 19,97,909                             | 98,177                                 | 69,91,168            |
| 5     | Bihar                                   | 1,59,10,723                           | 1,26,20,982                           | 1,10,459                               | 2,86,42,164          |
| 6     | Chandigarh                              | 1,03,014                              | 70,903                                | 690                                    | 1,74,607             |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                            | 54,88,705                             | 27,53,532                             | 85,361                                 | 83,27,598            |
| 8     | Delhi                                   | 17,07,959                             | 15,40,372                             | 20,754                                 | 32,69,085            |
| 9     | Goa                                     | 9,596                                 | 42,067                                | 11,929                                 | 63,592               |
| 10    | Gujarat                                 | 33,30,033                             | 57,77,440                             | 22,49,187                              | 1,13,56,660          |
| 11    | Haryana                                 | 26,71,226                             | 25,73,204                             | 27,783                                 | 52,72,213            |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh                        | 8,02,789                              | 11,19,032                             | 9,749                                  | 19,31,570            |
| 13    | Jammu and Kashmir                       | 18,24,466                             | 15,30,344                             | 50,710                                 | 34,05,520            |
| 14    | Jharkhand                               | 65,83,499                             | 25,36,185                             | 92,180                                 | 92,11,864            |
| 15    | Karnataka                               | 23,33,489                             | 49,79,681                             | 3,38,368                               | 76,51,538            |
| 16    | Kerala                                  | 47,79,183                             | 11,23,037                             | 10,918                                 | 59,13,138            |
| 17    | Ladakh                                  | 5,021                                 | 23,367                                | 2,493                                  | 30,881               |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                             | 139                                   | 2,272                                 | 44                                     | 2,455                |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                          | 46,17,866                             | 1,22,07,309                           | 3,56,882                               | 1,71,82,057          |
| 20    | Maharashtra                             | 37,04,814                             | 96,80,079                             | 3,16,583                               | 1,37,01,476          |
| 21    | Manipur                                 | 3,37,559                              | 66,526                                | 2,731                                  | 4,06,816             |
| 22    | Meghalaya                               | 1,19,733                              | 1,63,798                              | 19,863                                 | 3,03,394             |
| 23    | Mizoram                                 | 8,295                                 | 49,794                                | 677                                    | 58,766               |
| 24    | Nagaland                                | 1,84,114                              | 34,295                                | 1,658                                  | 2,20,067             |
| 25    | Odisha                                  | 1,27,10,807                           | 6,09,207                              | 24,062                                 | 1,33,44,076          |
| 26    | Puducherry                              | 1,04,400                              | 71,853                                | 4,124                                  | 1,80,377             |
| 27    | Punjab                                  | 46,92,847                             | 8,00,802                              | 16,719                                 | 55,10,368            |
| 28    | Rajasthan                               | 37,83,038                             | 89,65,225                             | 2,57,156                               | 1,30,05,419          |
| 29    | Sikkim                                  | 4,723                                 | 18,387                                | 7,967                                  | 31,077               |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                              | 45,40,772                             | 37,71,143                             | 1,72,174                               | 84,84,089            |
| 31    | Telangana                               | 18,83,007                             | 21,45,931                             | 1,88,299                               | 42,17,237            |
| 32    | The Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 38,141                                | 34,658                                | 469                                    | 73,268               |
| 33    | Tripura                                 | 7,02,850                              | 1,40,524                              | 9,539                                  | 8,52,913             |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                           | 6,29,53,396                           | 2,00,34,677                           | 75,908                                 | 8,30,63,981          |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                             | 9,14,731                              | 20,55,772                             | 10,339                                 | 29,80,842            |
| 36    | West Bengal                             | 2,34,23,888                           | 23,18,734                             | 1,48,795                               | 2,58,91,417          |
| Total | Total                                   | 17,77,73,595                          | 10,73,01,441                          | 48,51,075                              | 28,99,26,111         |