Lok Sabha Question No. 1639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Eligible Unorganised Workers for e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1639

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## ELIGIBLE UNORGANISED WORKERS FOR E-SHRAM PORTAL

1639. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

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

- (a)the number of unorganised workers eligible for e-Shram registration in West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- e-Shram
- (b)the number of eligible unorganised workers for registration, district-wise especially for Uttar Dinapur District;
- (c)the actual number of e-Shram registration done in West Bengal and Maharashtra, district-wise including Uttar Dinapur District;
- who  have  also registered under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana
- (d)the number  of e-Shram registered persons and NPS-Traders Pension Scheme; and
- (e)the  number  of  Maan-Dhan  registered  workers  and  NPS-Pension registered  persons,  district-wise  especially  in  Uttar  Dinapur District?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Ministry of Labour & Employment launched eShram portal on  26th  August  2021  for  creation  of  a  comprehensive  National Database of Unorganised Workers, seeded and authenticated with Aadhaar. As on 25th July 2023, over 28.97 crore unorganised workers have already registered on eShram portal.

The targets for registration in eShram have been estimated at State level. The estimated target for eShram registration in West Bengal and Maharashtra are 2.79 Crore & 3.45 Crore respectively.

Contd..2/-

District  wise  number  of  unorganised  workers  registered on  eShram  belonging  to  West  Bengal  (including  Uttar  Dinajpur District)  and  Maharashtra  State  is  at  Annexure-I  and  Annexure-II respectively.

As  on  24 th   July,  2023  the  number  of  eShram  registered persons  who  also  registered  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Shram  Yogi Maandhan Yojana is 1,77,777 and NPS-Traders Pension Scheme is 4761.

The district-wise number of Maan-Dhan registered workers and NPS-Traders registered persons of West Bengal including Uttar Dinajpur District is at Annexure-III.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1639 for 31.07.2023 regarding Eligible unorganised workers for eShram portal.

District wise number of registrations on eShram portal for West Bengal State is mentioned below (as on 24 th July 2023):

| S. No.   | District           | Registration   |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|
| 1        | 24 Paraganas North | 20,02,517      |
| 2        | 24 Paraganas South | 22,22,552      |
| 3        | Alipurduar         | 4,15,792       |
| 4        | Bankura            | 14,02,688      |
| 5        | Birbhum            | 13,54,023      |
| 6        | Coochbehar         | 10,82,733      |
| 7        | Darjeeling         | 2,73,664       |
| 8        | Dinajpur Dakshin   | 6,01,338       |
| 9        | Dinajpur Uttar     | 9,44,064       |
| 10       | Hooghly            | 13,37,668      |
| 11       | Howrah             | 9,28,803       |
| 12       | Jalpaiguri         | 6,08,732       |
| 13       | Jhargram           | 4,04,039       |
| 14       | Kalimpong          | 50,423         |
| 15       | Kolkata            | 2,06,143       |
| 16       | Maldah             | 13,45,253      |
| 17       | Medinipur East     | 16,21,741      |
| 18       | Medinipur West     | 15,64,900      |
| 19       | Murshidabad        | 23,16,301      |
| 20       | Nadia              | 19,10,306      |
| 21       | Paschim Bardhaman  | 5,57,573       |
| 22       | Purba Bardhaman    | 16,28,835      |
| 23       | Purulia            | 10,92,506      |
|          | Total              | 2,58,72,594    |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1639 for 31.07.2023 regarding Eligible unorganised workers for eShram portal.

District wise number of registrations on eShram portal for Maharashtra State is mentioned below (as on 24 th July 2023)

| S. No.   | District        | Registration   |
|----------|-----------------|----------------|
| 1        | Ahmednagar      | 4,25,377       |
| 2        | Akola           | 3,16,348       |
| 3        | Amravati        | 5,33,819       |
| 4        | Aurangabad      | 4,59,629       |
| 5        | Beed            | 2,60,854       |
| 6        | Bhandara        | 3,75,976       |
| 7        | Buldhana        | 3,38,330       |
| 8        | Chandrapur      | 4,41,004       |
| 9        | Dhule           | 2,82,850       |
| 10       | Gadchiroli      | 2,78,556       |
| 11       | Gondia          | 4,47,365       |
| 12       | Hingoli         | 1,90,144       |
| 13       | Jalgaon         | 6,38,083       |
| 14       | Jalna           | 2,51,575       |
| 15       | Kolhapur        | 5,64,208       |
| 16       | Latur           | 2,64,092       |
| 17       | Mumbai          | 4,80,572       |
| 18       | Mumbai Suburban | 4,18,693       |
| 19       | Nagpur          | 6,45,659       |
| 20       | Nanded          | 3,52,852       |
| 21       | Nandurbar       | 2,10,779       |
| 22       | Nashik          | 5,00,254       |
| 23       | Osmanabad       | 2,21,873       |
| 24       | Palghar         | 5,24,795       |
| 25       | Parbhani        | 1,75,662       |
| 26       | Pune            | 6,24,817       |
| 27       | Raigad          | 2,90,073       |
| 28       | Ratnagiri       | 1,99,878       |
| 29       | Sangli          | 2,87,315       |
| 30       | Satara          | 3,71,347       |
| 31       | Sindhudurg      | 1,45,576       |
| 32       | Solapur         | 3,92,088       |
| 33       | Thane           | 8,53,001       |
| 34       | Wardha          | 2,34,031       |
| 35       | Washim          | 1,76,285       |
| 36       | Yavatmal        | 5,18,351       |
|          | Total           | 1,36,92,111    |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1639 for 31.07.2023 regarding Eligible unorganised workers for eShram portal.

District-wise count of Maan-Dhan registered workers and NPS-Traders registered persons for West Bengal State is mentioned below (as on 24 th July 2023):

| S.No.   | District                 |   Count of Maan-dhan registered workers |   Count of NPS-Trader registered persons |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1       | 24 PARAGANAS NORTH       |                                    8412 |                                      347 |
| 2       | 24 PARAGANAS SOUTH       |                                   10295 |                                      243 |
| 3       | Alipurduar               |                                    1497 |                                       26 |
| 4       | BANKURA                  |                                    4823 |                                      110 |
| 5       | BIRBHUM                  |                                    3140 |                                      109 |
| 6       | COOCHBEHAR               |                                    3620 |                                       52 |
| 7       | DARJEELING               |                                    1316 |                                       47 |
| 8       | DINAJPUR DAKSHIN         |                                    2436 |                                       28 |
| 9       | DINAJPUR UTTAR           |                                    4176 |                                       77 |
| 10      | HOOGHLY                  |                                    6326 |                                      312 |
| 11      | HOWRAH                   |                                    5062 |                                      140 |
| 12      | JALPAIGURI               |                                    1919 |                                       42 |
| 13      | JAYASHANKAR BHUPALAPALLY |                                     967 |                                       69 |
| 14      | Jhargram                 |                                    1125 |                                       18 |
| 15      | KALIMPONG                |                                     201 |                                        2 |
| 16      | KOLKATA                  |                                    1207 |                                       94 |
| 17      | MALDAH                   |                                    4019 |                                       72 |
| 18      | MEDINIPUR EAST           |                                   15113 |                                      183 |
| 19      | MEDINIPUR WEST           |                                    9848 |                                      150 |
| 20      | MURSHIDABAD              |                                    5413 |                                      116 |
| 21      | NADIA                    |                                    6468 |                                      204 |
| 22      | PASCHIM BARDHAMAN        |                                    3547 |                                      137 |
| 23      | PURBA BARDHAMAN          |                                    5811 |                                      102 |
| 24      | PURULIA                  |                                    3746 |                                       53 |
|         | TOTAL                    |                                  110487 |                                     2733 |

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