Lok Sabha Question No. 1337 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: E-Shram Card
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1337 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## E-SHRAM CARD

†1337. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a)the  features  and  objectives  of  the  Shramik  e-Shram  Card  being given by the Government to the workers of the country;
- (b)the number of workers which have been given e-Shram cards in the country since its inception, State-wise; and
- (c)the benefits being given through e-Shram card to workers in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):  The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has  launched eShram  portal on 26.08.2021 for registration of Unorganised Workers.  It  allows  an  unorganised  worker  to  register  himself  or herself on the portal on self-declaration basis, under 400 occupations in 30 broad occupation sectors.

The  main  objective  of  the  eShram  portal  is  to  create  a national database of unorganised workers and to facilitate delivery of Social Security and welfare Schemes to such workers.

As on 04.12.2023, over 29.20 crore unorganised workers have been registered on eShram portal and eShram card has been of  number  of unorganised  workers  who  have  been  issued  eShram  cards  in  the issued to these workers. State/ U.T. wise  list country since its inception i.e., 26.08.2021 is attached at Annexure.

The main features of eShram portal and benefits that are provided to the workers are as follows:

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- (i) The  registration  in  the  portal  is  fully  Aadhaar  seeded.  Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis.
- (ii) There  is  a  provision    in  eShram  to  capture  family  details  of migrant workers.
- (iii) There  is  also  a  provision  in  eShram  to  share  construction workers' data with States/UTs to facilitate their registration in respective  Building  and  other  Construction  Workers  (BoCW) boards.
- (iv) eShram has been integrated with National Career Service (NCS) Portal. An unorganised 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 eShram portal to seamlessly register on NCS.
- (v) eShram  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 UAN  (eShram)  number,  any  unorganised  worker  can  easily register on Maandhan portal.
- (vi) To provide skill enhancement and apprenticeship opportunities to unorganised worker, eShram has been integrated with Skill India  Digital  portal  of  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship.
- (vii) eShram is also integrated with myScheme portal. myScheme is a  National  Platform  that  aims  to  offer  one-stop  search  and discovery of the Government schemes. It provides an innovative,  technology-based  solution  to  discover  scheme information  based  upon  the  eligibility  of  the  citizen.  The platform helps the citizen to find the right Government schemes for them. It also guides on how  to apply for different Government schemes. Through this integration, all the eShram registrants can check the schemes for which they are eligible.

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1337  FOR  11/12/2023  REGARDING  'E-SHRAM  CARD'  BY  SHRI  NIHAL CHAND

| S. No.   | State                                        | Total Registrations   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Uttar Pradesh                                | 8,31,67,035           |
| 2        | Bihar                                        | 2,88,53,853           |
| 3        | West Bengal                                  | 2,61,47,092           |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh                               | 1,73,62,239           |
| 5        | Maharashtra                                  | 1,39,36,557           |
| 6        | Odisha                                       | 1,33,64,168           |
| 7        | Rajasthan                                    | 1,32,89,147           |
| 8        | Gujarat                                      | 1,14,79,367           |
| 9        | Jharkhand                                    | 92,65,660             |
| 10       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 85,41,440             |
| 11       | Chhattisgarh                                 | 83,68,788             |
| 12       | Andhra Pradesh                               | 80,39,475             |
| 13       | Karnataka                                    | 78,14,959             |
| 14       | Assam                                        | 70,92,664             |
| 15       | Kerala                                       | 59,32,341             |
| 16       | Punjab                                       | 55,51,811             |
| 17       | Haryana                                      | 52,84,750             |
| 18       | Telangana                                    | 42,85,764             |
| 19       | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 34,22,568             |
| 20       | Delhi                                        | 33,16,737             |
| 21       | Uttarakhand                                  | 30,00,571             |
| 22       | Himachal Pradesh                             | 19,47,407             |
| 23       | Tripura                                      | 8,59,471              |
| 24       | Manipur                                      | 4,21,964              |
| 25       | Meghalaya                                    | 3,09,039              |
| 26       | Nagaland                                     | 2,20,834              |
| 27       | Puducherry                                   | 1,83,286              |
| 28       | Chandigarh                                   | 1,76,686              |
| 29       | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 1,45,038              |
| 30       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 73,399                |
| 31       | Goa                                          | 65,346                |
| 32       | Mizoram                                      | 62,241                |
| 33       | Sikkim                                       | 36,444                |
| 34       | Ladakh                                       | 31,583                |
| 35       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 30,371                |
| 36       | Lakshadweep                                  | 2,501                 |
|          | Total                                        | 29,20,82,596          |

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