Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Data on Migrant Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Mohammad Jawed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 88 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025

## DATA ON MIGRANT WORKERS

## 88.    DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

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

- (a)whether the Government has any data of migrant workers in the country,  States-wise  particularly  in  Bihar  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b)if not, the time by which the Government is planning to conduct a study on the same;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  considered  for  establishment  of Nodal office in each zone of the country to look after the welfare
- and safety of the migrant workers from all States; and (d)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  has  launched eShram portal, a National Database of the Unorganised Workers on 26th August, 2021. It has also been made available to the States/UTs for registration of unorganised workers including migrant workers. It allows an unorganised worker to register himself or herself on the portal on a self- declaration basis. The main objective of the eShram portal  is  to  create  a  national  database  of  unorganised  workers seeded with Aadhaar, and facilitate delivery under existing Social Security and welfare Schemes to such workers. As on 16.07.2025, over  30.94  crore  unorganized  workers  including  migrant  workers have registered and in Bihar total 2.99 crore workers have registered, on eShram  portal. State-wise  number  of  unorganized  workers including migrant workers registered on eShram portal is annexed.

Ministry of Labour & Employment is sharing eShram data with all States/ UTs' Labour departments through Data Sharing Portal (DSP) and/or Application Programming Interface (API).

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-Stop-Solution" on 21st October 2024. eShram-"One-StopSolution"  entails  integration  of  different  social  security/  welfare schemes  at  single  portal  i.e.  eShram.  This  enables  unorganised workers, including migrant workers, registered on eShram to access social  security  schemes  and  see  benefits  availed  by  them  so  far, through eShram.

So far, 14 schemes of different Central Ministries/Departments have already been integrated/ mapped with the  eShram  including  Pradhan  Mantri  Street  Vendors  Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM-SVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana -Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Ayushman  Bharat  -  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U) and  Pradhan  Mantri  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana  (PMMSY),  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY).

In order to safeguard the interest of the Migrant workers, the Parliament has enacted  the Inter-State  Migrant  Workmen (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of  Services)  Act,  1979 which, inter alia, provides for registration of certain establishments employing Inter-State Migrant Workers, licensing of contractors etc. Workers  employed  with  such  establishment  are  to  be  provided payment  of  minimum  wages,  journey  allowance,  displacement allowance, residential accommodation, medical facilities and protective clothing etc.

This  Act  has  been  subsumed  in  the  Occupational  Safety, Health  and  Working  Conditions  (OSH)  Code,  2020.  The  OSH  Code, provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievances redressal mechanisms, toll free helpline to migrant workers.

The  enforcement  authorities  under  Central  Industrial Relations  Machinery  (CIRM)  conduct  regular  inspections  of  the registered  establishments  and  licensed  contractors  in  the  Central Sphere. The State Governments are mandated to enforce the Act, in the State Sphere.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.  88  FOR  21.07.2025  REGARDING  'DATA ON MIGRANT  WORKERS'  RAISED  BY DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED.

State-wise number of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal, as on 16.07.2025

| S.N.   | States                                       | Registration on eShram Portal as on 16.07.2025   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1.     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 34,301                                           |
| 2.     | ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 85,82,350                                        |
| 3.     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 2,09,452                                         |
| 4.     | ASSAM                                        | 77,01,591                                        |
| 5.     | BIHAR                                        | 2,99,89,709                                      |
| 6.     | CHANDIGARH                                   | 1,87,909                                         |
| 7.     | CHHATTISGARH                                 | 85,97,389                                        |
| 8.     | DELHI                                        | 35,72,672                                        |
| 9.     | GOA                                          | 82,028                                           |
| 10.    | GUJARAT                                      | 1,21,56,299                                      |
| 11.    | HARYANA                                      | 54,00,054                                        |
| 12.    | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 20,00,909                                        |
| 13.    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 35,95,079                                        |
| 14.    | JHARKHAND                                    | 96,86,345                                        |
| 15.    | KARNATAKA                                    | 1,08,70,788                                      |
| 16.    | KERALA                                       | 60,58,844                                        |
| 17.    | LADAKH                                       | 34,628                                           |
| 18.    | LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 2,840                                            |
| 19.    | MADHYA PRADESH                               | 1,88,94,321                                      |
| 20.    | MAHARASHTRA                                  | 1,78,32,615                                      |
| 21.    | MANIPUR                                      | 4,61,705                                         |
| 22.    | MEGHALAYA                                    | 3,51,674                                         |
| 23.    | MIZORAM                                      | 72,186                                           |
| 24.    | NAGALAND                                     | 2,38,148                                         |
| 25.    | ODISHA                                       | 1,35,96,824                                      |
| 26.    | PUDUCHERRY                                   | 1,94,425                                         |
| 27.    | PUNJAB                                       | 58,50,534                                        |
| 28.    | RAJASTHAN                                    | 1,48,50,534                                      |
| 29.    | SIKKIM                                       | 48,514                                           |
| 30.    | TAMIL NADU                                   | 92,87,763                                        |
| 31.    | TELANGANA                                    | 45,33,781                                        |
| 32.    | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 75,286                                           |
| 33.    | TRIPURA                                      | 8,95,045                                         |
| 34.    | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 8,39,39,734                                      |
| 35.    | UTTARAKHAND                                  | 30,83,131                                        |
| 36.    | WEST BENGAL                                  | 2,64,76,850                                      |
| Total  | Total                                        | 30,94,46,257                                     |

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