Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Provision of Social Security Benefits to the Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Zia Ur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 259

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2026

## PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO THE WORKERS

## 259.  SHRI ZIA UR REHMAN:

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

- (a)whether the Government is aware of increasing unemployment and lack of social security among workers in the unorganised sector; and
- (b)if so, the details thereof along with the schemes implemented or proposed  to  generate  employment,  ensure  minimum  wages  and provide social security benefits to workers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Employment generation, coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/programmes.  These  interalia include Prime  Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Viksit BharatGuarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deen Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission  (DAYNULM), PM Street Vendor's Atma Nirbhar  Nidhi  (PM SVANidhi), Stand-up India Scheme, Start Up India , Pradhan Mantri Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  etc.  The  details  of  various  employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

Further, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a  one-stop  solution  for  providing  career  related  services  including jobs from private and government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs, job search & matching, career counselling, vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses, skill/training programmes etc. through a digital platform www.ncs.gov.in.  Also,  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Viksit  Bharat  Rozgar Yojana  (PM-VBRY)  is  an  employment  generation  initiative  of  the Government  of  India  aimed  at  boosting  formal  job  creation  and supporting first-time employees and employers.

The Code on Wages 2019 has come into force with effect from  21st  November  2025  across  the  country.  Under  the  Code  on Wages,  2019,  there  are  provisions  for  fixation  and  payment  of minimum wages and equal remuneration, its payment and bonus.

Central Government runs various schemes provide social security benefits to workers. These schemes include (i) Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY), (ii) Pradhan Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima  Yojana  (PMJJBY),  (iii)  Pradhan  Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana      (PMSBY), (iv) Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan- Dhan (PM-SYM), (v) Labour Welfare Scheme and health care facilities  for  Beedi/  Cine  &  Non-coal  Mine  workers,  (vi)  Employees State  Insurance    Scheme,  (vii)  Public  Distribution  System  through One- Nation-One-Ration-Card Scheme under National Food Security Act, (viii) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, (ix) Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana, among others. Apart from these, State Governments also run specific schemes for the welfare of workers.

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