Parliament Question: Beneficiaries of e-Shram Platform and PM-SYM Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5892 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2026 BENEFICIARIES OF E-SHRAM PLATFORM AND PM-SYM SCHEME †5892. SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a) the detail of number of unorganised sector workers registered on the e-Shram platforms in the country, State/UT-wise, including Maharashtra, especially Washim-Yavatmal Lok Sabha Constituency; (b) the details of total number of male and female beneficiaries registered under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM- SYM) scheme in the country, especially, district-wise in Maharashtra; (c) the details of number of subscribers/beneficiaries who have exited or in the Country withdrawn from the said scheme since its inception, State/UT-wise; and (d) the details of total funds disbursed and utilised under the said scheme in Maharashtra, since its inception, year-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (d): 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) including platform workers, migrant workers etc. The e-Shram portal registers the unorganised workers including gig and platform workers and provides them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self- declaration basis. As on 22nd March 2026, over 31.57 crore unorganised workers have already been registered on eShram portal. State/UTs-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal including Maharashtra is at annexure-I. Contd..2/-::2:: District-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal in Maharasthtra including Washim-Yavatmal districts is at annexure-II. State-wise details of beneficiaries exited or withdrawn from Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) scheme since its inception is at annexure-III. The Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) scheme was launched in February, 2019 in order to provide old age protection to the workers of unorganised sector. This is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme. Under the scheme, a monthly assured pension of Rs. 3000/- is provided to the unorganised workers after attaining the age of 60 years. The workers in the age group of 18 to 40 years whose monthly income is Rs. 15000/- or less and not a member of EPFO/ESIC/NPS (Govt. funded) are eligible to join the scheme. The monthly contribution amount ranges from Rs. 55/- to Rs.200/-, depending upon the entry age of the beneficiary. Under the scheme, 50% monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary and equal matching contribution is paid by the Central Government. *** *****Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5892 for 30.03.2026 regarding “Beneficiaries of e-Shram Platform and PM-SYM Scheme” raised by Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh. State/UTs-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal including Maharashtra as on 22.03.2026. S.No. State/UTs Registration Count 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 35,419 2 Andhra Pradesh 88,40,868 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2,16,911 4 Assam 78,29,459 5 Bihar 3,23,23,679 6 Chandigarh 1,91,074 7 Chhattisgarh 86,46,065 8 Delhi 36,35,585 9 Goa 89,246 10 Gujarat 1,23,60,794 11 Haryana 54,27,456 12 Himachal Pradesh 20,20,589 13 Jammu And Kashmir 36,38,908 14 Jharkhand 98,27,703 15 Karnataka 1,10,64,262 16 Kerala 61,15,894 17 Ladakh 35,753 18 Lakshadweep 2,868 19 Madhya Pradesh 1,93,17,062 20 Maharashtra 1,84,36,633 21 Manipur 4,72,060 22 Meghalaya 3,64,762 23 Mizoram 73,275 24 Nagaland 2,44,187 25 Odisha 1,37,07,293 26 Puducherry 1,99,340 27 Punjab 59,36,839 28 Rajasthan 1,53,01,433 29 Sikkim 50,707 30 Tamil Nadu 96,72,058 31 Telangana 46,60,529 32 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 76,131 33 Tripura 9,03,329 34 Uttar Pradesh 8,43,48,002 35 Uttarakhand 31,13,658 36 West Bengal 2,65,73,460 Total Registration 31,57,53,291Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5892 for 30.03.2026 regarding “Beneficiaries of e-Shram Platform and PM-SYM Scheme” raised by Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh. District-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal in Maharasthtra including Washim-Yavatmal districts as on 22.03.2026. S.No. Districts Registration Count 1 Ahilyanagar 5,20,615 2 Akola 4,56,736 3 Amravati 7,02,790 4 Beed 3,94,712 5 Bhandara 4,43,083 6 Buldhana 5,41,530 7 Chandrapur 5,69,632 8 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 7,25,611 9 Dharashiv 2,82,526 10 Dhule 4,07,256 11 Gadchiroli 3,30,055 12 Gondia 5,04,896 13 Hingoli 2,75,004 14 Jalgaon 9,25,268 15 Jalna 3,68,676 16 Kolhapur 6,98,417 17 Latur 3,56,498 18 Mumbai 5,28,048 19 Mumbai Suburban 5,80,496 20 Nagpur 8,79,415 21 Nanded 5,61,199 22 Nandurbar 3,07,675 23 Nashik 7,65,547 24 Palghar 6,33,502 25 Parbhani 2,69,635 26 Pune 8,69,227 27 Raigad 3,62,054 28 Ratnagiri 2,42,175 29 Sangli 3,92,509 30 Satara 4,67,181 31 Sindhudurg 1,61,004 32 Solapur 5,25,625 33 Thane 10,76,774 34 Wardha 2,88,318 35 Washim 2,83,225 36 Yavatmal 7,39,720 Total Registration 1,84,36,634Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5892 for 30.03.2026 regarding “Beneficiaries of e-Shram Platform and PM-SYM Scheme” raised by Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh. State-wise details of beneficiaries exited or withdrawn from Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) scheme since its inception as on 10.03.2026. S. State/UTs No of No of Involuntary No of No Voluntary Exited (Death cases) Revival . Exited Andaman And Nicobar 1 35 1 2 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 788 7 127 3 Arunachal Pradesh 120 0 1 4 Assam 443 2 101 5 Bihar 1,976 18 610 6 Chandigarh 41 0 2 7 Chhattisgarh 1,451 29 178 8 Delhi 200 3 71 9 Goa 9 0 2 10 Gujarat 2,328 36 232 11 Haryana 17,601 155 296 12 Himachal Pradesh 515 12 91 13 Jammu And Kashmir 786 4 73 14 Jharkhand 1,313 4 214 15 Karnataka 645 20 223 16 Kerala 117 0 65 17 Ladakh 10 1 0 18 Lakshadweep 1 0 0 19 Madhya Pradesh 1,515 21 350 20 Maharashtra 5,324 62 704 21 Manipur 43 0 11 22 Meghalaya 41 0 4 23 Mizoram 38 1 4 24 Nagaland 889 1 11 25 Odisha 1,578 35 479 26 Puducherry 13 0 12 27 Punjab 502 5 40 28 Rajasthan 1,225 27 295 29 Sikkim 6 0 0 30 Tamil Nadu 570 9 151 31 Telangana 229 3 115 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli 32 10 0 3 And Daman And Diu 33 Tripura 201 6 124 34 Uttar Pradesh 4,720 69 822 35 Uttarakhand 439 6 54 36 West Bengal 1,649 26 925 *****