Lok Sabha Question No. 101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: e-Shram Card
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Dilip Saikia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 101 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

## E-SHRAM CARD

## 101.  SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

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

- (a)the  features  and  objectives  of  eShram  cards  being  provided  to
- labourers of the country by the Union Government;
- (b)the benefits being offered to labourers of the country through eShram cards;
- (c)the number of labourers in the country who have received e-Shram cards since the inception of the scheme along with the State/UTwise details thereof including the State of Assam; and
- (d)whether any special provisions have been made/proposed to be made for North Eastern States of the country under the scheme by the Union Government?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Ministry of Labour & Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26th August 2021 for creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers verified and seeded with Aadhaar.  eShram  portal  is  meant  to  register  and  support  the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal Account Number (UAN). As on 16 th  July, 2024, over 29.79 crore unorganised workers have registered on eShram portal.

The  main  features  of  eShram  portal  and  benefits  that  are provided  to  the  workers  including  North-Eastern  States,  are  as follows:

- (i) The registration in the portal is fully Aadhaar verified and Aadhaar seeded. Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis.

(ii) eShram has a feature to capture family details of migrant workers.

- (iii)  Data  of  construction  workers  registered  on  eShram  portal  is shared 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 better 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 workers, 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, technologybased  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.

The State/UT wise details of unorganized workers in the country  who  have  received  eShram  cards  including  Assam  are annexed. *                                              ******

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 101 FOR 22.07.2024 REGARDING e-Shram Card

State wise count of unorganised workers in the country, who have received eShram cards since the inception of the scheme along with the state/ UT wise details are as under -

| S. No   | State/ UT                              | e-Shram Cards Issued   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Uttar Pradesh                          | 8,36,03,428            |
| 2       | Bihar                                  | 2,92,79,091            |
| 3       | West Bengal                            | 2,63,25,852            |
| 4       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 1,76,68,509            |
| 5       | Maharashtra                            | 1,46,81,022            |
| 6       | Rajasthan                              | 1,39,34,283            |
| 7       | Odisha                                 | 1,34,27,114            |
| 8       | Gujarat                                | 1,17,38,640            |
| 9       | Karnataka                              | 95,55,414              |
| 10      | Jharkhand                              | 93,72,906              |
| 11      | Tamil Nadu                             | 86,64,932              |
| 12      | Chhattisgarh                           | 84,60,285              |
| 13      | Andhra Pradesh                         | 80,83,660              |
| 14      | Assam                                  | 72,52,207              |
| 15      | Kerala                                 | 59,75,511              |
| 16      | Punjab                                 | 56,52,350              |
| 17      | Haryana                                | 53,26,218              |
| 18      | Telangana                              | 43,86,519              |
| 19      | Jammu And Kashmir                      | 34,76,517              |
| 20      | Delhi                                  | 33,92,203              |
| 21      | Uttarakhand                            | 30,26,296              |
| 22      | Himachal Pradesh                       | 19,70,513              |
| 23      | Tripura                                | 8,73,881               |
| 24      | Manipur                                | 4,41,594               |
| 25      | Meghalaya                              | 3,16,063               |
| 26      | Nagaland                               | 2,25,300               |
| 27      | Puducherry                             | 1,84,841               |
| 28      | Chandigarh                             | 1,83,016               |
| 29      | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 1,49,801               |
| 30      | The Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 73,849                 |
| 31      | Goa                                    | 71,598                 |
| 32      | Mizoram                                | 64,469                 |
| 33      | Sikkim                                 | 40,666                 |
| 34      | Ladakh                                 | 32,883                 |
| 35      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 31,620                 |
| 36      | Lakshadweep                            | 2,569                  |
|         | Total                                  | 29,79,45,620           |