Lok Sabha Question No. 316 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Registration of Gig and Platform Workers on e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Damodar Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 316 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025

## REGISTRATION OF GIG AND PLATFORM WORKERS ON e-SHRAM PORTAL

*316. SHRI P P CHAUDHARY: SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

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

(a)the details of the number of gig and platform workers registered on the e-Shram Portal; (b)the details of overall status of registrations on the e-Shram Portal since its inception; (c)the details of the unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram Portal, State and gender-wise; (d)the  details  of  the  list  of  top  ten  States  reporting  the  highest number of registrations along with the steps taken/being taken by the  Government  to  further  promote  registration  on  the  e-Shram Portal; and (e)whether any target has been given to the States for registration of unorganised workers on the said portal and if so, the criteria used to  determine  fix  such  target  for  each  State  and  the  progress  in

- achieving the registration target on e-Shram Portal, State-wise?

## MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. ****                                                  *****

STATEMENT REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 316* FOR 11.08.2025 REGARDING 'Registration of Gig and Platform Workers on e -Shram Portal' RAISED BY Shri P P Chaudhary & Shri Damodar Agarwal.

(a) to (e): The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal  (eshram.gov.in)  on  26th  August  2021  for  creation  of  a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar. eShram portal is meant to register and support the  unorganised  workers  by  providing  them  a  Universal  Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.

As on 3rd August 2025, over 30.98 crore of unorganised workers have been registered on eShram portal, including over 3.37 lakh workers have registered themselves as Platform workers. State and gender-wise details of the unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram Portal is at Annexure - I.

The details of top ten States reporting highest number of registrations on e-Shram is at Annexure - II.

Steps taken by the Ministry to promote registrations on eShram portal and increase awareness among unorganised workers include:

- i. Holding periodic review meeting with States/UTs.
- ii. Regular meeting with Common Services Centre (CSC).
- iii.  To  provide  employment  and  skilling  opportunities,  eShram  is integrated with National Career Service (NCS) and Skill India Digital Portal.
- iv.  To  offer  one-stop  search  and  discovery  of  the  Government schemes, eShram is integrated with myScheme portal.
- v. SMS campaign to create awareness.
- vi. Social media platforms are also being used to spread awareness among workers to register on eShram. State Seva Kendras (SSKs) and services of Common Service Centres are onboarded to facilitate assisted mode registrations of unorganised workers.

vii. Registration camps and awareness drives are conducted for the implementation and outreach of the e-Shram Scheme. These camps are  organised  by  Ministry  from  time  to  time  in  coordination  with Common Service Centre (CSC), Dattopant Thengadi National Board for  Workers  Education  and  Development  (DTNBWED)  and  State Labour Department.

The registration targets of unorganised workers are based on  the  Periodic  Labour  Force  Survey  carried  out  by  the  National Statistics Office (NSO) in 2017-18. Further, target number  of registrations for each States/UTs has been decided on the basis of population of States/UTs.

As on 3rd August 2025, State-wise progress in achieving the targeted number of registrations on e-Shram is at Annexure -III.

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a)  to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 316* for 11.08.2025 regarding 'Registration of Gig and Platform Workers on e-Shram Portal'.

State  and  gender-wise  details  of  the  unorganised  workers  registered  on  the  e-Shram portal as on date 03.08.2025 :-

|   S. No. | State/UT                               | Female Registrants   | Male Registrants   | Other Registrants   |
|----------|----------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            | 17,241               | 17,202             | -                   |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                         | 47,93,518            | 38,22,367          | 718                 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 1,22,222             | 87,659             | 1                   |
|        4 | Assam                                  | 40,62,809            | 36,50,273          | 107                 |
|        5 | Bihar                                  | 1,71,70,123          | 1,28,57,591        | 102                 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                             | 94,648               | 93,801             | 8                   |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                           | 47,64,801            | 38,38,092          | 91                  |
|        8 | Delhi                                  | 18,23,304            | 17,55,369          | 127                 |
|        9 | Goa                                    | 51,801               | 31,164             | 2                   |
|       10 | Gujarat                                | 57,58,903            | 64,18,817          | 153 53              |
|       11 | Haryana                                | 26,23,070            | 27,78,950          |                     |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                       | 10,97,545            | 9,05,810           | 26                  |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir                      | 16,87,419            | 19,11,385          | 44                  |
|       14 | Jharkhand                              | 54,16,583            | 42,77,689          | 177                 |
|       15 | Karnataka                              | 63,24,216            | 45,62,606          | 744                 |
|       16 | Kerala                                 | 36,53,096            | 24,12,848          | 167                 |
|       17 | Ladakh                                 | 17,228               | 17,456             | -                   |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                            | 1,099                | 1,744              | -                   |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                         | 93,58,816            | 95,69,475          | 200                 |
|       20 | Maharashtra                            | 98,69,773            | 79,83,582          | 748                 |
|       21 | Manipur                                | 2,89,649             | 1,74,006           | 90                  |
|       22 | Meghalaya                              | 2,29,627             | 1,22,738           | 3                   |
|       23 | Mizoram                                | 40,327               | 31,923             | -                   |
|       24 | Nagaland                               | 1,34,179             | 1,04,130           | 8                   |
|       25 | Odisha                                 | 71,07,139            | 64,98,502          | 1,147               |
|       26 | Puducherry                             | 1,08,818             | 85,923             | 35                  |
|       27 | Punjab                                 | 33,34,174            | 25,28,544          | 82                  |
|       28 | Rajasthan                              | 78,33,643            | 70,70,167          | 101                 |
|       29 | Sikkim                                 | 25,164               | 23,615             | 1                   |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu                             | 59,42,808            | 33,69,800          | 1,249               |
|       31 | Telangana                              | 22,27,863            | 23,13,956          | 385                 |
|       32 | The Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 39,699               | 35,704             | 1                   |
|       33 | Tripura                                | 4,33,545             | 4,62,677           | 47                  |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                          | 4,41,33,909          | 3,98,44,839        | 471                 |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                            | 17,26,307            | 13,59,870          | 18                  |
|       36 | West Bengal                            | 1,43,99,209          | 1,20,81,375        | 636                 |

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a)  to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 316* for 11.08.2025 regarding 'Registration of Gig and Platform Workers on e-Shram Portal'

The details of the list of top ten States reporting the highest number of registrations on eShram portal as on 03.08.2025:

|   S. No | State          | Total Registrations   |
|---------|----------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Uttar Pradesh  | 8,39,79,219           |
|       2 | Bihar          | 3,00,27,816           |
|       3 | West Bengal    | 2,64,81,220           |
|       4 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,89,28,491           |
|       5 | Maharashtra    | 1,78,54,103           |
|       6 | Rajasthan      | 1,49,03,911           |
|       7 | Odisha         | 1,36,06,788           |
|       8 | Gujarat        | 1,21,77,873           |
|       9 | Karnataka      | 1,08,87,566           |
|      10 | Jharkhand      | 96,94,449             |

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a)  to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 316* for 11.08.2025 regarding 'Registration of Gig and Platform Workers on e-Shram Portal'.

State-wise progress in achieving the targeted number of registrations on e-Shram portal as on 03.08.2025:-

|   S. No | State/ UT                              | Target      | Total registration   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands               | 1,16,770    | 34,443               |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                         | 1,50,92,950 | 86,16,605            |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 4,39,728    | 2,09,883             |
|       4 | Assam                                  | 99,69,971   | 77,13,190            |
|       5 | Bihar                                  | 3,49,43,979 | 3,00,27,828          |
|       6 | Chandigarh                             | 3,24,372    | 1,88,453             |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                           | 82,42,144   | 86,02,990            |
|       8 | Delhi                                  | 52,39,058   | 35,78,780            |
|       9 | Goa                                    | 4,44,150    | 82,964               |
|      10 | Gujarat                                | 1,78,84,271 | 1,21,77,875          |
|      11 | Haryana                                | 78,97,313   | 54,02,090            |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh                       | 20,86,547   | 20,03,380            |
|      13 | Jammu &Kashmir                         | 38,09,769   | 35,98,847            |
|      14 | Jharkhand                              | 1,08,06,305 | 96,94,444            |
|      15 | Karnataka                              | 1,89,17,552 | 1,08,87,570          |
|      16 | Kerala                                 | 99,95,844   | 60,66,111            |
|      17 | Ladakh                                 | 80,926      | 34,684               |
|      18 | Lakshadweep                            | 20,491      | 2,843                |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                         | 2,39,00,510 | 1,89,28,479          |
|      20 | Maharashtra                            | 3,44,80,382 | 1,78,54,109          |
|      21 | Manipur                                | 8,65,632    | 4,63,745             |
|      22 | Meghalaya                              | 9,42,678    | 3,52,368             |
|      23 | Mizoram                                | 3,46,988    | 72,250               |
|      24 | Nagaland                               | 6,29,914    | 2,38,317             |
|      25 | Odisha                                 | 1,29,79,773 | 1,36,06,783          |
|      26 | Puducherry                             | 3,95,791    | 1,94,778             |
|      27 | Punjab                                 | 84,39,584   | 58,62,795            |
|      28 | Rajasthan                              | 2,26,89,152 | 1,49,03,876          |
|      29 | Sikkim                                 | 1,93,270    | 48,780               |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                             | 2,17,95,554 | 93,13,854            |
|      31 | Telangana                              | 1,07,83,075 | 45,42,201            |
|      32 | The Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 1,72,402    | 75,405               |
|      33 | Tripura                                | 11,67,542   | 8,96,269             |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh                          | 6,66,07,163 | 8,39,79,263          |
|      35 | Uttarakhand                            | 31,50,240   | 30,86,185            |
|      36 | West Bengal                            | 2,78,90,604 | 2,64,81,229          |