Parliament Question: Effectiveness and Utilisation of the e-Shram Portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2025 EFFECTIVENESS AND UTILISATION OF THE e-SHRAM PORTAL

3517. SHRI CHARANJIT SINGH CHANNI:

SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to

state:

(a)the details of the number of unique users who accessed the e- Shram Portal each month since January 2025 and the total cumulative number of users year-wise;

(b)whether the Government has conducted any evaluation of the portal’s effectiveness in improving access to social security schemes for informal workers and if so, the details thereof;

(c)the details of the number of registered workers who have successfully availed benefits under the twelve schemes mapped to the e-Shram Portal during the last three years and the current year, scheme and State/UT-wise; and

(d)whether the Government agrees that despite registering over thirty crore workers, the e-Shram Portal has primarily functioned as a data collection exercise with limited integration into welfare delivery systems and if so, the details thereof? 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) seeded with Aadhaar. eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.

As on 4th August 2025, over 30.98 crore unorganised workers have already registered on eShram portal.

The number of unique users who accessed the eShram portal each month since January 2025 and the cumulative number of users till June 2025 is at annexure-I.

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Scheme-wise and State-wise details of workers registered on eShram who have successfully availed benefits under various social security schemes of Central Government integrated / mapped with eShram are at annexure-II and annexure-III.

To evaluate the effectiveness of eShram portal, a third party evaluation/ impact assessment of eShram has been taken up by the Quality Council of India (QCI).

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 Employment launched the eShram–“One-Stop-Solution” on 21st 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 benefits availed by them so far, through eShram.

The portal serves as a facilitative platform designed to consolidate beneficiary data for the delivery of Central Government social security / welfare schemes. While it provides a one-stop solution for schemes integrated / mapped with the portal, it does not serve as a gatekeeper. Eligible beneficiaries can avail benefits under these schemes irrespective of their eShram registration status.

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 Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), 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 (Digi Locker), myScheme and Open Government Data Platform (OGD).

*** *****Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3517 for 11.08.2025 regarding “Effectiveness and utilisation of the e-Shram Portal” The number of unique users who accessed the eShram portal each month since January 2025 till June 2025 is as under:

S.No Month (2025) Number 1 January 14,89,619 2 February 13,87,276 3 March 11,34,398 4 April 10,76,603 5 May 8,93,441 6 June 7,40,062 Year-wise details of the total cumulative number of users who accessed the eShram portal till June 2025 are as under:

S.No Year Cumulative Number 1 2021 19,66,01,723 2 2022 32,95,14,050 3 2023 34,20,02,935 4 2024 36,42,06,497 5 2025 37,21,67,785Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3517 for 11.08.2025 regarding “Effectiveness and utilisation of the e-Shram Portal” Number of eShram registrants availing benefits under select eShram integrated/ mapped with Central

Government schemes as under:

Scheme Number of Registrations One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) 23,88,72,825 Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB- 15,10,05,933 PMJAY) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) 8,45,71,947 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme 6,13,13,022

(MGNREGS) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) 3,92,94,453 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) 2,25,52,062 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) 97,22,670 Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi) 32,20,776 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY) 31,27,099 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) 24,70,135 Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) 23,690 National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) 16,667

Source: eShram data.Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3517 for 11.08.2025 regarding “Effectiveness and utilisation of the e-Shram Portal” State-wise details of workers registered on eShram who have successfully availed benefits under select eShram integrated/ mapped with Central Government schemes are as under:

Total Total Total Total Total Total State Registration Registration Registration Registration R egistration Registration

(ONORC) (PMJAY) (PMSBY) (MGNREGA) (PMKISAN) (PMJJBY) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 9,011 25,952 11,373 2,168 1,284 4,865 ANDHRA PRADESH 53,63,423 75,15,832 30,73,650 34,16,800 10,31,732 11,31,800 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1,17,736 48,257 60,114 96,665 45,681 16,147 ASSAM 70,12,734 41,17,057 16,27,229 24,12,329 10,21,731 3,77,514 BIHAR 2,52,17,687 2,43,33,121 86,72,022 48,92,922 37,20,330 21,31,295 CHANDIGARH 1,23,858 1,07,602 49,413 2,109 7,864 15,293 CHHATTISGARH 64,84,842 78,44,678 28,78,819 37,91,533 12,08,015 7,74,168 DELHI 22,47,285 4,29,700 8,05,915 28,724 1,18,110 2,05,148 GOA 44,001 13,036 23,222 2,121 1,972 8,601 GUJARAT 89,13,746 96,50,077 28,78,561 13,32,313 17,34,441 8,56,524 HARYANA 44,30,606 43,28,984 14,64,540 5,36,518 4,26,659 6,04,849 HIMACHAL PRADESH 10,27,738 6,41,686 4,32,384 7,52,993 3,54,639 1,47,368 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 27,97,239 34,03,318 1,23,470 9,46,484 4,69,291 26,101 JHARKHAND 82,20,264 52,47,851 37,46,452 23,06,683 12,59,031 11,01,745 KARNATAKA 76,37,774 39,97,719 22,56,394 29,81,145 9,66,824 7,40,000 KERALA 36,48,638 22,81,031 11,41,700 12,34,346 10,84,653 2,15,316 LADAKH 25,578 31,613 3,734 13,380 7,829 1,003 LAKSHADWEEP 1,478 1,850 559 70 307 178 MADHYA PRADESH 1,54,56,667 1,27,37,090 64,49,821 41,35,987 28,84,721 14,96,700 MAHARASHTRA 1,36,64,681 1,08,76,080 49,82,593 26,52,307 22,40,076 15,03,751 MANIPUR 4,15,390 1,94,766 79,585 1,96,051 29,389 18,286 MEGHALAYA 2,08,409 1,96,050 68,762 2,05,725 74,596 15,856 MIZORAM 51,799 49,335 8,747 26,865 21,002 2,029 NAGALAND 2,26,401 1,98,523 71,525 76,350 88,954 13,788 ODISHA 1,21,78,131 26,761 55,23,663 27,99,524 19,66,713 15,79,294 PONDICHERRY 1,50,478 1,15,573 32,075 28,906 2,816 10,993 PUDUCHERRY 5,092 3,803 1,060 1,055 127 369 PUNJAB 44,81,448 30,51,292 15,52,042 6,98,630 2,37,139 4,82,440 RAJASTHAN 1,03,15,016 65,45,882 47,03,297 47,64,325 22,45,900 13,17,787 SIKKIM 36,302 11,241 14,725 15,072 4,958 5,365 TAMIL NADU 59,85,461 45,83,562 19,24,903 35,08,621 5,45,710 6,14,935 TELANGANA 30,83,143 22,47,666 12,42,399 16,55,162 7,02,345 4,35,471 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU 54,188 51,974 17,034 1,583 4,376 7,045 TRIPURA 6,52,795 8,22,094 2,25,441 4,91,577 1,11,270 89,991 UTTAR PRADESH 6,76,41,591 3,24,11,292 1,87,27,067 92,69,316 1,20,51,380 44,08,583 UTTARAKHAND 21,11,450 27,66,084 8,74,394 6,10,701 3,55,946 1,98,896 WEST BENGAL 1,88,30,745 97,501 88,23,263 54,25,962 22,66,642 19,92,568 Total 23,88,72,825 15,10,05,933 8,45,71,947 6,13,13,022 3,92,94,453 2,25,52,062 Cont.Source: eShram data.

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