**Policy Summary: eShram Portal and the One-Stop Solution for Unorganized Workers**
The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on August 26, 2021, to create a comprehensive National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar. The eShram portal aims to register and support unorganized workers by providing them with a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.
As of July 22, 2025, over 30.95 crore unorganized workers have registered on the eShram portal.
Following the Budget Announcement of 2024-25, the Ministry launched the eShram One-Stop Solution on October 21, 2024. This initiative integrates various social security and welfare schemes onto a single platform (eShram), enabling registered unorganized workers to access these schemes and view the benefits they have received.
Currently, fourteen schemes from different Central Ministries/Departments are integrated with eShram. These schemes extend benefits related to social security, insurance, and skill development to eShram cardholders, including: Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi), 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 (PMAYG), Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban (PMAYU), Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PMKMY), One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY).
The eShram portal is also integrated with other platforms such as Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan dhan (PMSYM), National Career Service (NCS), Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH), Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG), DigiLocker, myScheme, and Open Government Data Platform (OGD).
This information was provided by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labor and employment policies.
eShram portal: A portal launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to create a National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW).
National Database of Unorganised Workers NDUW: A comprehensive database seeded with Aadhaar, created to register unorganised workers.
Universal Account Number UAN: A unique identification number provided to unorganised workers registered on the eShram portal.
Budget Announcement 202425: The Union Budget announcement for the fiscal year 2024-25, envisioning eShram as a One-Stop Solution for unorganized workers.
Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi PMSVANidhi: A micro-credit scheme to provide affordable loans to street vendors.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme MGNREGS: An Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State for Labour and Employment.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Over 30.95 Crore unorganised workers registered on
e-Shram portal
Posted On: 28 JUL 2025 5:21PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26th August 2021 for
the creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar.
The eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them with a
Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.
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As of 22 July 2025, over 30.95 crore unorganised workers have already registered on the eShram
portal.
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
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Employment launched the eShram–“One-Stop-Solution” on 21 October 2024. eShram– “One-Stop-
Solution” entails integration of different social security/ welfare schemes at single portal i.e. eShram. This
enables unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see the benefits
availed by them so far, through eShram.
So far, fourteen (14) schemes of different Central Ministries/ Departments have already been
integrated/ mapped with the eShram to extend benefits and access to social security, insurance or
skill development programmes to eShram cardholders including Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors
Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi), 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), Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
(PMMSY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), One Nation One Ration Card
(ONORC) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY).
In addition to above schemes, eShram is also integrated with Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-
dhan (PM-SYM), National Career Service (NCS), Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH), Unified Mobile
Application for New-age Governance (UMANG), Digital Locker (DigiLocker), myScheme and Open
Government Data Platform (OGD).
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Sushri Shobha Karandlaje in
a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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