Lok Sabha Question No. 51 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Data on Migrant Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Bapi Haldar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 51 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## DATA ON MIGRANT WORKERS

## 51. SHRI BAPI HALDAR:

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

- (a)whether the Government has maintained data on registrations of firms  done  under  the  Inter-State  Migrant  Workmen,  Regulation  of Employment and Conditions of Service Act, 1979;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)whether the e-Shram portal specifically collects data on workers' State of origin and where they presently work; and
- (d)the  names  and  details  of  the  migrant  workers  who  died  in  their workplace during the last five years and the current year, year-wise
- and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): In order to safeguard the interest of the Migrant workers, Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Services) Act,1979 provides for registration of certain establishments employing Inter-State Migrant Workers and licensing of contractors. 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  now  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, protection from abuse and exploitation and social security to all category of organized and unorganized workers including migrant workers. With expanded social  security,  stronger  protections  and  nationwide  portability  of entitlements,  the  codes  place  workers,  especially  migrant  workers firmly at the centre of labour governance. The Code will be applicable to  every  establishment  in  which  ten  or  more  inter-state  migrant workers are employed or were employed on any day in the preceding twelve months.

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 provisions in the State Sphere.

Migration of workers from one State to another State is a continuous process and dynamic in nature.

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched eShram portal,  a  National  Database  of  the  Unorganised  Workers  on  26th August, 2021. The main objective of the eShram portal is to create a national database of unorganised workers including migrant workers seeded  with  Aadhaar,  and  facilitate  delivery  under  existing  Social Security and Welfare Schemes  to  such  workers.  It allows an unorganised worker to register himself or herself on the portal on a self- declaration basis. As on 26.11.2025, over 31.37 crore unorganized workers including migrant workers have registered on eShram portal. State-wise number of unorganized workers including migrant workers registered on eShram portal is annexed.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 51 FOR 01.12.2025 REGARDING ' DATA ON  MIGRANTS' RAISED BY SHRI BAPI HALDAR.

States/UTs -wise number of unorganised workers including migrant workers registered on eShram portal, as on 26.11.2025:

| States/UTs                                   | Total Registrations   |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 34,964                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 87,58,597             |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 2,12,469              |
| ASSAM                                        | 77,78,917             |
| BIHAR                                        | 3,20,57,810           |
| CHANDIGARH                                   | 1,89,606              |
| CHHATTISGARH                                 | 86,27,858             |
| DELHI                                        | 36,01,109             |
| GOA                                          | 87,196                |
| GUJARAT                                      | 1,22,68,537           |
| HARYANA                                      | 54,12,778             |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 20,11,075             |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 36,11,005             |
| JHARKHAND                                    | 97,86,446             |
| KARNATAKA                                    | 1,09,80,222           |
| KERALA                                       | 60,92,199             |
| LADAKH                                       | 35,068                |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 2,858                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH                               | 1,91,21,802           |
| MAHARASHTRA                                  | 1,81,80,126           |
| MANIPUR                                      | 4,69,279              |
| MEGHALAYA                                    | 3,58,382              |
| MIZORAM                                      | 72,627                |
| NAGALAND                                     | 2,42,114              |
| ODISHA                                       | 1,36,62,830           |
| PUDUCHERRY                                   | 1,97,329              |
| PUNJAB                                       | 59,05,009             |
| RAJASTHAN                                    | 1,51,11,274           |
| SIKKIM                                       | 50,236                |
| TAMIL NADU                                   | 94,79,472             |
| TELANGANA                                    | 46,01,424             |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 75,629                |
| TRIPURA                                      | 9,00,043              |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                | 84,15,1840            |
| UTTARAKHAND                                  | 3,10,0392             |
| WEST BENGAL                                  | 2,65,34,544           |
| Total                                        | 31,37,63,066          |

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