Lok Sabha Question No. 3597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Registration on e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3597 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025

## REGISTRATION ON e-SHRAM PORTAL

3597. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a)the percentage of workers in the unorganised sector registered on
- e-Shram Portal;
- (b)the  details  of  the  registration  rates  of  the  workers  in  the unorganised sector registered on e-Shram Portal, State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether the Government is taking steps to improve the registration rates in States like Kerala, which have low registration rates;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e)whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  reasons  for  low
- registration rates in many States; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): 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  6 th   August  2025,  over  30.98  crore  unorganised workers  have  already  registered  on  eShram  portal.  The  target  of 38.37  crore  unorganised  worker  in  india  is  based  on  the  Periodic Labour  Force  Survey  carried  out  by  the  National  Statistics  Office (NSO).  As  on  06.08.2025,  80.74  percentage  of  workers  in  the unorganised sector have been registered on eShram Portal.

State/UT-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram Portal is Annexed.

Steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  registration rates in States like Kerala are:

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.

To  further  enhance  the  availability  and  accessibility  of eShram  and  its  associated  services  to  unorganised  workers,  the Ministry of Labour and Employment officially launched the eShram mobile application on 24th February 2025. This application facilitates real-time  access  to  welfare  schemes  integrated  with  the  eShram platform, thereby significantly strengthening both accessibility and user convenience.

To  evaluate  the  effectiveness  of  eShram  portal,  a  third party evaluation/ impact assessment of eShram has been taken up by the Quality Council of India (QCI). *                                                          *****

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3597 for 11.08.2025 regarding 'Registration on e-Shram Portal'.

State/UT-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram Portal as on 06.08.2025.

|   S. No. | State                                        | Total Registrations   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 34,469                |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                               | 86,22,387             |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 2,09,958              |
|        4 | Assam                                        | 77,15,451             |
|        5 | Bihar                                        | 3,00,34,407           |
|        6 | Chandigarh                                   | 1,88,535              |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                                 | 86,03,940             |
|        8 | Delhi                                        | 35,79,900             |
|        9 | Goa                                          | 83,045                |
|       10 | Gujarat                                      | 1,21,82,198           |
|       11 | Haryana                                      | 54,02,495             |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                             | 20,03,730             |
|       13 | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 35,99,468             |
|       14 | Jharkhand                                    | 96,95,868             |
|       15 | Karnataka                                    | 1,08,90,878           |
|       16 | Kerala                                       | 60,67,270             |
|       17 | Ladakh                                       | 34,696                |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                                  | 2,843                 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                               | 1,89,35,180           |
|       20 | Maharashtra                                  | 1,78,58,557           |
|       21 | Manipur                                      | 4,64,058              |
|       22 | Meghalaya                                    | 3,52,550              |
|       23 | Mizoram                                      | 72,266                |
|       24 | Nagaland                                     | 2,38,368              |
|       25 | Odisha                                       | 1,36,08,918           |
|       26 | Puducherry                                   | 1,94,852              |
|       27 | Punjab                                       | 58,64,319             |
|       28 | Rajasthan                                    | 1,49,11,234           |
|       29 | Sikkim                                       | 48,866                |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu                                   | 93,19,353             |
|       31 | Telangana                                    | 45,43,773             |
|       32 | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 75,426                |
|       33 | Tripura                                      | 8,96,418              |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                                | 8,39,85,998           |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                                  | 30,86,506             |
|       36 | West Bengal                                  | 2,64,82,016           |