Parliament Question: Employer and Employee facilitation Framework under ELI Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3553 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE FACILITATION FRAMEWORK UNDER ELI SCHEME 3553. SHRI P C MOHAN: DR. KIRSAN NAMDEO: SHRI DULU MAHATO: SHRI RAMESH AWASTHI: SHRI JASHUBHAI BHILUBHAI RATHVA: SHRI KHAGEN MURMU: SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI: DR. SANJAY JAISWAL: SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI: SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a)whether the Government has undertaken any review of the implementation and effectiveness of the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme and if so, the details thereof; (b)the details of progress achieved in onboarding eligible establishments and beneficiaries along with number of employers and employees registered under the said scheme in the country, gender and State/UT- wise, including Maharashtra; (c)whether any measures has taken by the Government to strengthen digital verification, claim processing and coordination with employers for effective implementation of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof; (d)the details of the number of jobs generated under the said scheme so far, sector and State/UT-wise; (e)the manner in which the scheme is expected to promote formal employment generation and improve workforce participation across the country; and (f)the details of measures being taken by the Government to ensure greater participation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to improve formal employment generation and enhance awareness of the Scheme among eligible employers and job seekers? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (f): The Union Cabinet, on 1 July 2025, approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme, titled the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Contd..2/-:: 2 :: Rojgar Yojana (PMVBRY), to promote employment generation, enhance employability, and strengthen social security across all sectors including MSMEs, with a particular focus on the manufacturing sector. The scheme has a registration period of two years from 01.08.2025 to 31.07.2027 and a budgetary outlay of ₹99,446 Crore for the period FY 2025-26 to FY 2031- 32. The scheme comprises two parts, i.e. Part A and Part B, and focuses on providing support to both employees and employers by way of incentives. Under Part A of the scheme, the first-time employees of both existing and new establishments shall be eligible for an incentive equivalent to one month’s EPF wage, subject to a maximum of ₹15,000. This incentive will be payable in two instalments during the first year of employment. The first instalment, up to ₹7,500, shall be disbursed after completion of six months of continuous employment. Eligibility for the second instalment shall arise after completion of twelve months of employment and successful completion of the prescribed Financial Literacy Programme. This second instalment shall be credited to an appropriate savings instrument/savings account for a specified period. Part B incentivizes employers by providing up to ₹3,000 per month for each additional employment sustained for at least 6 months for two years, with extended benefits for another two years for the manufacturing sector. The scheme aims to incentivise creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs all across the country, over a period of 2 years. The scheme provides for incentives for 1.92 crore eligible first-time employees under Part A. Incentive for the creation of approximately 2.59 crore additional jobs to employers is provided for under Part B of the scheme. Comprehensive Scheme Guidelines, outlining the eligibility criteria for incentives to both employees and employers, have been issued. The scheme and its provisions have been widely disseminated through extensive outreach efforts across the country. A dedicated portal (pmvbry.epfindia.gov.in) has been developed to facilitate all scheme-related processes and for real-time monitoring of beneficiaries and sector-wise progress. For effective implementation of the scheme, a robust monitoring framework has been instituted. A steering Committee with representation from various labour-intensive and related Ministries/Department and an internal Executive Committee have been constituted to ensure effective monitoring of the scheme. Contd..3/-:: 3 :: The PMVBRY is a demand-driven scheme. Since the implementation of the scheme, an incentive amount of ₹744.58 crore has been disbursed to 13.18 lakh first-time employees under Part A, while ₹2,068.84 crore has been disbursed to 67,369 beneficiary establishments under Part B of the scheme, up to June 2026, across the country. The incentive is payable after 6 months of sustained employment. However, since the implementation of the Scheme, a total of 99,92,924 first-time employees have been enrolled under Part A, while 5,50,972 establishments have been registered under Part B across the country. The state-wise details of registrations, including the State of Maharashtra, are provided in Annexure-I. The incentives to employees are disbursed through the Aadhaar Bridge Payment System (ABPS) under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) framework to their Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts, after due verification, including Aadhaar authentication and validation of Aadhaar- bank account linkage. The incentives to establishments are disbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to their PAN-linked bank accounts after due verification of the establishment's credentials. * *****ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 3553 FOR REPLY ON 10.08.2026 REGARDING " EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE FACILITATION FRAMEWORK UNDER ELI SCHEME” Details of enrollment and registrations under PMVBRY Part A Part B No. of Employees Registered No. of State No. of Estts. New No. of Re-Joinees Male Female Transgender Others Total Registered Joinees ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 1,282 708 - 1 1,991 396 1,894 3,718 ANDHRA PRADESH 143,136 84,716 6 18 227,876 15,275 216,869 366,718 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1,154 576 - 2 1,732 360 1,481 1,090 ASSAM 41,984 16,275 - 31 58,290 6,112 54,835 58,675 BIHAR 86,915 31,129 13 12 118,069 6,497 108,351 176,176 CHANDIGARH 23,186 8,418 - 1 31,605 1,572 30,977 86,063 CHHATTISGAR H 83,114 20,151 1 52 103,318 9,610 98,548 186,588 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 23,069 5,759 - 1 28,829 1,185 27,937 65,050 DAMAN AND DIU 8,308 3,724 - - 12,032 708 11,128 25,413 DELHI 555,033 160,413 9 187 715,642 24,370 682,120 1,487,611 GOA 31,645 11,699 - 9 43,353 3,048 41,794 85,318 GUJARAT 613,458 144,559 1 53 758,071 43,256 720,700 1,528,795 HARYANA 537,483 178,380 2 24 715,889 25,178 696,698 1,626,695 HIMACHAL PRADESH 52,131 20,728 - 3 72,862 6,891 72,220 128,742JAMMU AND KASHMIR 21,316 8,209 1 - 29,526 3,432 26,397 33,084 JHARKHAND 63,259 17,377 3 124 80,763 7,243 70,701 176,603 KARNATAKA 758,364 389,465 11 98 1,147,938 50,696 1,130,006 2,381,827 KERALA 89,164 75,096 1 1 164,262 16,091 160,749 218,098 LADAKH 151 97 - - 248 88 237 424 LAKSHADWEEP 59 14 - - 73 6 64 54 MADHYA PRADESH 175,986 58,755 2 14 234,757 19,010 225,702 394,520 MAHARASHTRA 1,436,620 544,840 26 170 1,981,656 84,157 1,864,016 4,084,268 MANIPUR 1,371 1,006 - 1 2,378 433 2,337 1,812 MEGHALAYA 4,249 2,109 - - 6,358 365 5,892 5,826 MIZORAM 489 454 - - 943 89 888 185 NAGALAND 912 946 - - 1,858 211 1,415 513 ODISHA 113,872 32,267 7 14 146,160 15,102 139,651 314,403 PUDUCHERRY 10,606 8,829 1 2 19,438 1,455 18,324 30,965 PUNJAB 111,730 53,740 - 3 165,473 15,810 156,886 286,352 RAJASTHAN 272,299 72,148 4 147 344,598 25,048 329,503 641,922 SIKKIM 2,178 1,019 - - 3,197 352 2,800 4,037 TAMIL NADU 629,637 426,407 21 83 1,056,148 58,082 1,027,552 2,011,289 TELANGANA 418,834 185,548 15 1,240 605,637 26,049 586,754 1,142,242 TRIPURA 2,846 1,333 - - 4,179 595 4,004 3,553 UTTAR PRADESH 437,397 140,838 1 104 578,340 39,714 560,266 1,186,379 UTTARAKHAND 102,024 40,052 - 2 142,078 7,333 140,309 290,060 WEST BENGAL 281,863 105,467 3 24 387,357 35,153 368,066 617,958 Total 7,137,124 2,853,251 128 2,421 9,992,924 550,972 9,588,071 19,653,026 *****