Parliament Question: Benefit of Social Security Schemes to the Workers

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2370 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2026 BENEFIT OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES TO THE WORKERS †2370. SHRI AMRA RAM: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a)the details of number of workers registered on the e-Shram portal along with the number of workers out of them received benefits under any Government scheme in the country during the last five years, year and State/UT-wise; (b)the details of unemployment rate along with the fresh steps taken by the Government for employment generation in the country during the last five years, year and State/UT-wise; (c)whether the Government is cognizant that workers in the unorganised sector are not receiving the benefits of social security schemes in a timely manner; and (d)if so, the reasons therefor and the steps taken to address the said issue? 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 eShram portal registers the unorganised workers including gig and platform workers and provides them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self- declaration basis. Over 31.82 crore unorganised workers have already been registered on eShram portal. State/UTs-wise details of unorganised workers registered on the eShram portal during the last five years is at annexure-I Contd..2/-:: 2 :: In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement 2024-25, Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram– “One-Stop-Solution” on 21st October 2024 which entails integration of different social security/ welfare schemes at single portal and enables unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram. So far, fifteen (15) schemes of different Central Ministries/ Departments have already been integrated/ mapped with the eShram to extend benefits and access to social security schemes to eShram cardholders including Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), 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 Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY), etc. Apart from the above, eShram has linkages with National Career Service (NCS) for Job Opportunities, Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) for Skill Development, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) for Pension and convergence portal of MoHUA, enabling eShram cardholders to avail additional services. State/UTs-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal and enrolled under various social security schemes is at annexure-II. The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. As per the Annual PLFS reports, the estimated Unemployment Rate (UR) in the country for the year 2020-21, 2021- 22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2025 is 4.2%, 4.1%, 3.2%, 3.2% and 3.1% respectively. Contd..3/-:: 3 :: State/UTs-wise details of unemployment rate in the country as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) reports is at annexure-III. Further, Employment generation coupled with improving employability for youth is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes in the country. The details of various employment generation schemes/ programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes_programmes.” Government is also implementing Skill India Mission (SIM) to deliver skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres/ schools/ colleges /institutes etc. under various schemes, viz. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the country. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated ‘FutureSkills PRIME’ a programme for Re- skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower for Employability in 10 new/emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence. Government is implementing Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 99,446 Crore aims to incentivize the creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs in the country, over a period of 2 years. 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]. *** *****Annexure- I Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2370 for 03.08.2026 regarding “Benefit of Social Security Schemes to the Workers” raised by Shri Amra Ram. State/UTs-wise details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal during the last five years as on 23.07.2026 State/ UTs 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Andaman And Nicobar 17,391 10,915 2,187 1,870 2,731 983 Islands Andhra Pradesh 25,41,484 53,35,497 1,70,080 92,339 6,51,988 93,060 Arunachal Pradesh 44,478 95,339 5,297 54,572 13,354 8,044 Assam 48,95,168 19,98,066 2,22,197 4,67,469 2,13,728 91,090 Bihar 1,59,27,222 1,26,34,072 3,99,552 6,80,861 25,31,837 3,11,802 Chandigarh 1,03,215 70,934 3,440 7,704 4,908 2,308 Chhattisgarh 54,88,429 27,53,384 1,40,088 1,51,321 1,01,154 35,674 Delhi 17,10,011 15,39,731 80,104 1,52,479 1,29,206 65,766 Goa 9,573 41,994 14,488 9,845 11,814 3,196 Gujarat 33,30,600 57,75,366 23,95,867 3,94,434 4,03,188 3,38,949 Haryana 26,67,457 25,68,827 46,427 68,486 65,601 28,889 Himachal Pradesh 8,03,295 11,18,855 28,811 32,481 30,297 19,239 Jammu And Kashmir 18,24,232 15,30,217 73,181 1,22,187 68,492 47,476 Jharkhand 65,83,143 25,35,639 1,59,964 3,28,032 1,96,861 68,844 Karnataka 23,33,675 49,79,740 5,63,743 25,81,303 5,44,886 1,35,006 Kerala 47,78,836 11,23,020 37,444 69,914 90,560 51,511 Ladakh 5,020 23,372 3,334 1,735 1,809 1,222 Lakshadweep 138 2,249 102 302 57 29 Madhya Pradesh 46,27,108 1,22,08,365 5,74,657 10,82,792 6,93,991 3,56,832 Maharashtra 37,09,020 96,81,240 6,68,835 33,13,358 9,08,116 4,13,016 Manipur 3,37,487 66,497 24,827 23,763 17,416 6,457 Meghalaya 1,19,819 1,63,797 25,860 16,797 33,225 17,718 Mizoram 8,293 49,771 5,070 1,829 7,770 1,085 Nagaland 1,83,912 34,171 2,536 10,861 10,748 6,536 Odisha 1,27,11,269 6,09,694 48,040 1,79,814 1,26,109 95,662 Puducherry 1,04,332 71,742 7,081 6,408 8,187 2,609 Punjab 46,90,433 8,01,022 83,653 1,97,787 1,42,507 84,569 Rajasthan 37,91,132 89,69,937 6,33,145 9,43,021 8,34,825 3,59,450 Sikkim 4,716 18,354 13,615 5,445 8,302 1,109 Tamil Nadu 45,41,527 37,71,726 2,39,418 3,69,525 6,14,444 3,11,510 Telangana 18,82,544 21,45,385 2,73,319 1,55,062 1,68,166 87,495 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman 38,064 34,369 725 1,014 1,500 845 And Diu Tripura 7,02,762 1,40,522 20,030 22,452 15,205 7,005 Uttar Pradesh 6,29,19,214 2,00,23,388 2,75,547 5,13,439 4,75,909 4,27,876 Uttarakhand 9,17,789 20,56,042 32,495 52,093 46,136 21,313 West Bengal 2,34,20,803 23,18,144 4,34,533 2,34,515 1,34,124 1,78,055Annexure- II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2370 for 03.08.2026 regarding “Benefit of Social Security Schemes to the Workers” raised by Shri Amra Ram. State/UTs-wise details of unorganised workers registered on the eShram portal and enrolled under various social security schemes as on 23.07.2026. PM- VB-G State/UTs ONORC PMAY-G PMJJBY PMKISAN PMJAY PMSBY PMMSY PMAY-U IGNWPS PMMVY IGNDPS SVANIDHI RAM G Andaman And Nicobar 9,637 181 2,207 369 4,857 1,318 25,927 11,877 13 16 5 26 1 Islands Andhra 55,33,454 1,38,001 34,93,178 62,291 11,31,790 10,54,614 75,15,651 31,19,058 1,210 4,82,349 1,30,773 49,094 5,140 Pradesh Arunachal 1,23,912 2,566 1,00,469 8,105 16,142 46,724 48,204 62,482 18 2,268 1,378 85 343 Pradesh Assam 71,60,510 25,083 24,44,823 2,82,261 3,77,500 10,37,398 41,16,792 16,48,088 2,726 28,046 29,966 1,48,390 8,871 Bihar 2,71,89,026 86,957 51,12,058 19,32,859 21,33,505 38,36,227 2,43,52,163 89,65,785 550 45,928 83,629 4,92,175 20,920 Chandigarh 1,26,270 3,419 2,112 825 15,274 7,868 1,07,432 49,596 0 76 322 3,265 27 Chhattisgarh 65,37,044 44,605 38,03,158 5,08,816 7,74,091 12,10,876 78,43,886 28,90,697 178 77,828 75,034 1,41,020 12,732 Delhi 23,09,946 93,386 28,739 16,506 2,04,756 1,18,387 4,27,231 8,11,829 7 3,406 537 57,784 1,158 Goa 47,838 329 2,201 135 8,595 2,018 13,000 23,873 27 9 603 1,172 48 Gujarat 92,15,703 2,31,177 13,49,882 2,53,453 8,56,367 17,51,846 96,48,546 29,08,221 95 27,111 1,00,796 1,23,001 7,695 Haryana 44,63,330 78,096 5,36,760 16,841 6,04,378 4,27,103 43,24,364 14,65,498 298 8,865 23,583 38,295 7,163 Himachal 10,40,389 2,761 7,54,978 9,982 1,47,365 3,55,097 6,41,703 4,34,897 75 4,098 1,585 594 56 Pradesh Jammu And 28,50,010 11,218 9,56,054 1,36,479 26,084 4,72,644 34,03,106 1,24,812 414 17,139 2,471 56,124 953 Kashmir Jharkhand 83,64,872 44,899 23,21,870 5,68,795 11,01,542 12,64,376 52,46,772 37,64,488 1,862 41,513 49,418 1,01,245 9,053 Karnataka 78,16,824 1,54,664 30,16,890 56,090 7,39,979 9,76,807 39,97,524 22,75,769 191 22,830 1,09,576 1,99,482 10,583 Kerala 36,88,160 49,584 12,35,035 10,107 2,15,310 10,85,138 22,80,962 11,46,236 458 43,684 87,302 58,402 3,918 Ladakh 26,863 133 13,990 492 1,002 8,088 31,619 3,896 24 100 25 569 7 Lakshadweep 1,492 3 70 10 178 308 1,848 558 1 1 2 28 8 Madhya 1,59,21,310 4,75,385 42,18,718 2,95,444 14,96,801 29,22,731 1,27,37,329 65,17,482 605 1,87,270 9,413 4,91,785 2,926 Pradesh Maharashtra 1,42,18,478 3,21,809 26,86,914 2,22,553 15,03,749 22,66,308 1,08,76,584 50,37,997 757 35,547 30,799 2,68,128 2,463Manipur 4,28,085 4,853 1,99,421 29,185 18,283 29,667 1,94,742 80,791 216 8,212 2,078 14,554 72 Meghalaya 2,21,440 19 2,17,885 46,817 15,855 77,697 1,96,021 70,826 428 771 1,799 4,262 245 Mizoram 52,917 596 27,168 5,067 2,029 21,253 49,331 8,917 5 2,503 102 365 29 Nagaland 2,35,984 1,604 78,667 13,525 13,781 90,309 1,98,419 73,308 640 7,624 139 3,747 20 Odisha 1,22,99,636 35,639 28,06,039 11,41,874 15,79,291 19,68,381 27,145 55,50,595 416 76,710 1,59,372 1,873 34,071 Puducherry 1,60,264 1,593 30,452 91 11,357 2,982 1,19,336 33,336 7,001 5,296 517 1,288 184 Punjab 45,80,496 76,723 7,04,313 17,001 4,82,186 2,38,476 30,49,307 15,60,895 46 14,343 2,669 1,08,918 1,029 Rajasthan 1,07,58,048 90,434 48,45,545 4,48,658 13,17,904 22,79,018 65,47,153 47,74,400 4 50,374 48,275 4,65,483 5,760 Sikkim 38,752 273 15,867 204 5,360 5,256 11,207 15,400 32 4 3 277 1 Tamil Nadu 62,38,949 88,433 35,35,873 2,08,087 6,14,976 5,49,922 45,83,823 19,45,936 1,660 45,398 57,449 48,815 7,394 Telangana 31,99,697 1,41,068 16,93,346 694 4,35,455 7,16,905 22,47,457 12,65,795 56 830 23,123 839 5,466 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And 54,882 707 1,582 1,078 7,014 4,375 51,803 17,028 3 149 56 123 10 Daman And Diu Tripura 6,61,436 2,832 4,93,643 1,55,779 89,989 1,11,605 8,22,063 2,26,108 1,125 20,600 1,431 65 300 Uttar Pradesh 6,81,15,903 9,55,823 92,78,282 17,68,564 44,08,064 1,20,64,812 3,24,05,418 1,87,48,694 1,623 10,90,710 44,412 2,45,056 4,584 Uttarakhand 21,37,313 15,218 6,12,995 37,473 1,98,854 3,57,022 27,65,309 8,77,909 187 14,557 3,494 58,516 372 West Bengal 1,89,83,221 88,168 54,42,994 15,85,308 19,92,421 22,73,673 96,840 88,58,301 1,025 1,29,751 93,820 22,386 14,618Annexure- III Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2370 for 03.08.2026 regarding “Benefit of Social Security Schemes to the Workers” raised by Shri Amra Ram. State/UTs-wise details of unemployment rate in the country as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) reports. Unemployment Rate (UR in %) S.No 2020- 2021- 2022- 2023- 202 . State/UTs 21 22 23 24 5 1 Andaman & Nicobar Island 9.1 7.8 9.7 11.8 10 2 Andhra Pradesh 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 3 Arunachal Pradesh 5.7 7.7 4.8 6.1 6.6 4 Assam 4.1 3.8 1.7 3.9 3.7 5 Bihar 4.7 6 3.9 3 3.8 6 Chandigarh 7.5 6.3 4 7.1 5.7 7 Chhattisgarh 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & 8 Diu 4.2 5.2 2.5 2.3 1.6 9 Delhi 6.3 5.3 1.9 2.1 5.9 10 Goa 10.5 12 9.7 8.5 8.3 11 Gujarat 2.2 2 1.7 1.1 0.9 12 Haryana 6.3 9 6.1 3.4 4.5 13 Himachal Pradesh 3.3 4 4.4 5.4 4.5 14 Jammu & Kashmir 5.9 5.2 4.4 6.1 4.9 15 Jharkhand 3.1 2 1.7 1.3 2.7 16 Karnataka 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.3 17 Kerala 10.1 9.6 7 7.2 4.3 18 Ladakh 2.9 3.3 6.1 5.1 4 19 Lakshadweep 13.4 17.2 11.1 11.9 6.9 20 Madhya Pradesh 1.9 2.1 1.6 0.9 1.5 21 Maharashtra 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.3 2.4 22 Manipur 5.6 9 4.7 6.1 5.2 23 Meghalaya 1.7 2.6 6 6.2 4.7 24 Mizoram 3.5 5.4 2.2 2.3 2.4 25 Nagaland 19.3 9.1 4.3 7.1 6.7 26 Odisha 5.4 6 3.9 3.1 2.9 27 Puducherry 6.7 5.8 5.6 4.6 5.4 28 Punjab 6.2 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.3 29 Rajasthan 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.4 30 Sikkim 1.1 1.6 2.2 2.3 3.2 31 Tamil Nadu 5.2 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.4 32 Telangana 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.8 5 33 Tripura 3.2 3.3 1.4 1.7 2.7 34 Uttar Pradesh 4.2 2.9 2.4 3 2.7 35 Uttarakhand 6.9 7.8 4.5 4.3 5.1 36 West Bengal 3.5 3.5 2.2 2.6 2.8 All India 4.2 4.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 *****