Parliament Question: Social security to gig and platform workers

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2026 SOCIAL SECURITY TO GIG AND PLATFORM WORKERS 3142. # SHRI DEEPAK PRAKASH: SHRI BRIJ LAL: SHRI MAYANKKUMAR NAYAK: SMT. KIRAN CHOUDHRY: SHRI RYAGA KRISHNAIAH: SHRI LAHAR SINGH SIROYA: Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state: (a) the progress made so far in formulation and implementation of social security provisions for gig and platform workers under the Code on Social Security; (b) the number of such workers registered on the relevant portals, including the e-Shram portal, along with the benefits extended to them, particularly in Jharkhand; (c) the framework prescribed for contribution by aggregators to the social security fund; and (d) whether any timeline has been fixed for full implementation of these provisions and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (d): For the first time, the definition of ‘gig workers’ and ‘platform workers’ and provisions related to the same have been provided in the Code on Social Security, 2020 which has come into force on 21.11.2025. The Code provides for framing of suitable welfare schemes for gig workers and platform workers on matters relating to life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, old age protection, etc. The Code provides for setting up a Social Security Fund to finance these welfare schemes for which one of the sources Contd..2/-:: 2 :: is contribution from aggregators between 1 to 2% of annual turnover of an aggregator subject to the limit of 5% of the amount paid or payable by an aggregator to such workers. The Code have provisions to constitute a National Social Security Board for the purposes of the welfare of gig workers and platform workers. The Ministry of Labour and Employment had launched eShram portal on 26.08.2021 for creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers including platform workers, migrant workers etc. The eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has also launched the eShram-‘One-Stop- Solution’ that entails integration of different social security/welfare schemes at single portal i.e., eShram. This is envisaged to enable unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram. The State-wise number of platform workers registered on eShram portal including Jharkhand is at Annexure-A. Details of platform workers registered on eShram portal and enrolled under different social security schemes is at Annexure-B. ** *****Annexure-A Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3142 for 19.03.2026 regarding “Social security to gig and platform workers” State-wise number of platform workers registered on eShram portal (as on 10.03.2026) Sl. No. State/UT Total Registrations 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 203 2 Andhra Pradesh 39,494 3 Arunachal Pradesh 812 4 Assam 28,152 5 Bihar 1,12,397 6 Chandigarh 2,675 7 Chhattisgarh 6,299 8 Delhi 50,636 9 Goa 926 10 Gujarat 35,724 11 Haryana 20,647 12 Himachal Pradesh 1,924 13 Jammu And Kashmir 3,753 14 Jharkhand 16,252 15 Karnataka 38,514 16 Kerala 11,323 17 Ladakh 52 18 Lakshadweep 5 19 Madhya Pradesh 36,547 20 Maharashtra 1,37,789 21 Manipur 716 22 Meghalaya 834 23 Mizoram 149 24 Nagaland 584 25 Odisha 17,438 26 Puducherry 513 27 Punjab 15,645 28 Rajasthan 39,491 29 Sikkim 326 30 Tamil Nadu 34,250 31 Telangana 30,360 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And 32 142 Diu 33 Tripura 2,121 34 Uttar Pradesh 1,34,028 35 Uttarakhand 6,367 36 West Bengal 56,236Annexure-B Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3142 for 19.03.2026 regarding “Social security to gig and platform workers” Number of platform workers registered on eShram portal enrolled under various social welfare schemes (as on 10.03.2026) S.No. State/UT ONORC PM- VB PMA IGND IGN PMA PMM PMJJPMSBY PMJAY PM- PMM SVAN G_RA Y-G PS WPS Y-U SY BY KISAN VY IDHI M-G Andaman And 38 1 1 1 - - - - 4 49 30 3 - 1 Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 17,236 941 5,456 75 2 118 1,167 7 592 5,950 5,512 1,501 202 3 Arunachal Pradesh 407 7 215 9 1 3 6 - 4 154 13 69 - 4 Assam 23,814 72 6,380 638 20 46 56 13 615 4,830 9,332 2,968 265 5 Bihar 88,311 343 8,971 2,599 47 125 119 2 1,070 14,325 15,282 7,266 667 6 Chandigarh 1,618 34 13 4 - - - - 158 594 1,243 99 2 7 Chhattisgarh 4,215 132 615 57 3 2 36 - 145 1,166 1,561 219 61 8 Delhi 30,803 1,360 258 85 8 - 29 - 1,909 7,823 4,423 1,413 87 9 Goa 334 1 7 - - - - - 17 93 25 11 2 10 Gujarat 18,272 1,478 760 123 5 19 29 - 1,139 4,326 8,644 1,179 228 11 Haryana 14,296 410 339 29 10 4 8 - 908 3,048 7,688 902 37 12 Himachal Pradesh 766 3 142 3 - - 5 - 57 257 151 100 - Jammu And 2,527 19 444 50 - - 12 - 26 172 1,010 125 25 13 Kashmir 14 Jharkhand 12,364 126 1,759 191 4 14 27 1 817 3,305 3,447 1,167 96 15 Karnataka 23,859 761 3,494 19 13 17 19 - 1,403 4,785 5,360 1,041 156 16 Kerala 5,495 95 83 3 - 4 24 - 149 1,122 827 182 33 17 Ladakh 35 - 8 - - - - - 1 3 8 5 2 18 Lakshadweep - 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 19 Madhya Pradesh 24,972 1,455 2,444 100 2 1 142 - 896 5,751 7,870 1,698 485 20 Maharashtra 90,951 3,021 7,409 459 4 19 223 4 2,327 14,612 17,291 10,379 475 21 Manipur 573 2 158 15 - - 4 1 6 76 36 34 4 22 Meghalaya 395 - 242 26 - 1 - - 3 123 72 73 6 23 Mizoram 98 1 34 5 - - 5 - 2 26 33 42 2 24 Nagaland 521 2 107 15 - - 10 - 5 117 55 83 4 25 Odisha 13,674 135 969 158 14 9 127 1 727 4,199 24 506 4 26 Puducherry 336 3 12 - - - 3 12 13 37 79 1 - 27 Punjab 9,986 297 339 9 - 2 23 - 581 2,341 3,584 272 55 28 Rajasthan 23,319 494 2,965 160 4 18 44 - 1,218 6,734 6,731 2,228 262 29 Sikkim 204 2 32 - - - - - 1 84 4 15 2 30 Tamil Nadu 14,872 385 970 65 7 8 63 - 311 1,944 2,714 300 354 31 Telangana 18,048 456 3,049 5 19 5 4 - 874 3,837 5,504 1,353 2 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli 77 - - 1 - - 1 - 3 10 20 3 - And 32 Daman And Diu 33 Tripura 1,418 6 225 40 - - 30 1 41 240 606 46 1 34 Uttar Pradesh 96,550 3,535 5,277 266 3 - 655 3 4,926 22,708 30,298 10,842 129 35 Uttarakhand 3,956 52 304 7 1 1 12 - 172 1,063 2,212 337 45 36 West Bengal 34,917 311 6,062 2,372 33 77 143 2 2,711 14,369 652 4,157 60 *****