Parliament Question: Unorganised workers on e-shram portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 729 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026 UNORGANISED WORKERS ON E-SHRAM PORTAL

729. # SHRI SHAMBHU SHARAN PATEL:

SHRI MITHLESH KUMAR:

SMT. MAYA NAROLIYA:

SHRI MAYANKKUMAR NAYAK:

SHRI BABUBHAI JESANGBHAI DESAI:

SMT. KIRAN CHOUDHRY:

SHRI RYAGA KRISHNAIAH:

Will the Minister of Labour and Employment be pleased to state:

(a) the progress made in registration of workers of unorganized sector and gig economy on e-Shram Portal during year 2025 and till date along with the current status of coverage across States and sectors;

(b) the extent to which the e-Shram data has been integrated with social security schemes with a view to benefiting registered workers;

(c) the steps taken to improve data accuracy, portability and updation of worker profiles; and

(d) whether the Ministry proposes to further converge e-Shram portal with employment, skill development or welfare platforms 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).

The eShram portal registers the unorganised workers and provides them a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.

As on 29th January 2026, over 31.49 crore unorganised workers have already been registered on eShram portal.

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State-wise Details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal for the year 2025 and till date is at annexure-I.

Occupation Sector-wise Details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal for the year 2025 and till date is at annexure-II.

State-wise Details of Platform based gig workers workers registered on eShram portal for the year 2025 and till date is at annexure-III.

In the eShram portal, registrations are undertaken only after successful Aadhaar-based eKYC authentication. This process ensures that duplicate or fraudulent registrations are effectively eliminated. Further, key fields such as Name, Gender, Date of Birth, Permanent Address, and Photograph are directly fetched from UIDAI to maintain data authenticity and accuracy. These measures collectively safeguard the integrity of the portal and prevent any misuse.

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.

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), 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), etc.

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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. *** *****Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 729 for 05.02.2026 regarding “Unorganised workers on e-shram portal” raised by Shri Shambhu Sharan Patel, Shri Mithlesh Kumar, Smt. Maya Naroliya, Shri Mayankkumar Nayak, Shri Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai, Smt. Kiran Choudhry and Shri Ryaga Krishnaiah.

State-wise Details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal for the year 2025 and till date as on 29.01.2026.

S.No. State/Uts Registration for the year Registration till date as on 2025 29.01.2026 Andaman And 2,730 35,204 1 Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 6,52,006 88,10,383 3 Arunachal Pradesh 13,357 2,14,161 4 Assam 2,13,721 78,08,552 5 Bihar 25,31,844 3,22,36,178 6 Chandigarh 4,908 1,90,502 7 Chhattisgarh 1,01,154 86,39,009 8 Delhi 1,29,259 36,19,994 9 Goa 11,816 88,580 10 Gujarat 4,03,232 1,23,23,584 11 Haryana 65,613 54,20,949 12 Himachal Pradesh 30,294 20,15,837 13 Jammu And Kashmir 68,491 36,27,194 14 Jharkhand 1,96,860 98,13,917 15 Karnataka 5,44,905 1,10,26,900 16 Kerala 90,557 61,06,183 17 Ladakh 1,809 35,382 18 Lakshadweep 57 2,863 19 Madhya Pradesh 6,93,983 1,92,39,535 20 Maharashtra 9,08,109 1,83,40,084 21 Manipur 17,416 4,70,586 22 Meghalaya 33,224 3,60,839 23 Mizoram 7,770 72,953 24 Nagaland 10,748 2,42,525 25 Odisha 1,26,103 1,36,84,911 26 Puducherry 8,190 1,98,242 27 Punjab 1,42,507 59,21,137 28 Rajasthan 8,34,799 1,52,18,757 29 Sikkim 8,303 50,531 30 Tamil Nadu 6,14,422 95,79,670 31 Telangana 1,68,164 46,38,394 The Dadra And Nagar 1,503 75,782 Haveli And Daman 32 And Diu 33 Tripura 15,206 9,01,720 34 Uttar Pradesh 4,75,842 8,42,57,481 35 Uttarakhand 46,132 31,07,417 36 West Bengal 1,34,118 2,65,50,201 Total Registration 93,09,152 31,49,26,137Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 729 for 05.02.2026 regarding “Unorganised workers on e-shram portal” raised by Shri Shambhu Sharan Patel, Shri Mithlesh Kumar, Smt. Maya Naroliya, Shri Mayankkumar Nayak, Shri Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai, Smt. Kiran Choudhry and Shri Ryaga Krishnaiah.

Occupation Sector-wise Details of unorganised workers registered on eShram portal for the year 2025 and till date as on 29.01.2026.

S.No. Occupation Sector Registration Registration Count for the year Count till date 2025 as on

29.01.2026 1 Agriculture 37,71,962 16,29,65,154 2 Apparel 8,02,347 2,06,81,800 3 Automobile & Transportation 2,96,417 84,66,538 4 Banking, Financial Services & Insurance 1,655 45,753 5 Beauty & Wellness 92,056 21,33,173 6 Capital Goods & Manufacturing 1,30,325 65,03,621 7 Construction 8,61,752 2,87,39,365 8 Domestic and Household Workers 5,66,614 2,93,68,566 9 Education 1,79,337 53,00,677 10 Electronics & HW 1,18,332 50,67,316 11 Food Industry 2,92,226 17,01,669 12 Gem & Jewellery 23,327 10,30,499 13 Glass & Ceramics 6,773 2,92,362 14 Handicrafts & Carpets 62,239 23,66,127 15 Healthcare 2,02,663 35,66,574 16 Leather Industry Works 1,33,240 61,76,151 17 Mining 11,027 4,58,540 18 Miscellaneous 11,47,254 1,47,63,996 19 Musical Instruments 8,587 1,16,914 20 Office Administration & Facility Management 1,89,343 30,70,936 21 Organised Retail 1,898 88,993 22 Printing 17,043 5,07,404 23 Private Security 15,507 4,64,075 24 Professionals 30,484 8,34,155 25 Retail 57,778 23,84,362 26 Service 13,745 3,04,511 27 Textile & Handloom 5,262 2,07,990 28 Tobacco Industry 39,508 27,38,506 29 Tourism & Hospitality 2,24,021 43,72,098 30 Wood & Carpentry 6,430 2,08,312 Total Registration 93,09,152 31,49,26,137Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 729 for 05.02.2026 regarding “Unorganised workers on e-shram portal” raised by Shri Shambhu Sharan Patel, Shri Mithlesh Kumar, Smt. Maya Naroliya, Shri Mayankkumar Nayak, Shri Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai, Smt. Kiran Choudhry and Shri Ryaga Krishnaiah.

State-wise Details of Platform based gig workers workers registered on eShram portal for the year 2025 and till date as on 29.01.2026.

S.No. States Registration Registration count for the count till date year 2025 as on

29.01.2026 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 178 194 2 Andhra Pradesh 38,012 39,181 3 Arunachal Pradesh 550 676 4 Assam 17,373 27,543 5 Bihar 1,03,515 1,09,704 6 Chandigarh 2,579 2,672 7 Chhattisgarh 5,453 6,120 8 Delhi 47,100 49,593 9 Goa 861 922 10 Gujarat 30,889 34,918 11 Haryana 18,710 20,417 12 Himachal Pradesh 1,685 1,853 13 Jammu And Kashmir 2,751 3,440 14 Jharkhand 13,698 15,965 15 Karnataka 35,189 37,954 16 Kerala 10,774 11,232 17 Ladakh 39 48 18 Lakshadweep 3 4 19 Madhya Pradesh 30,799 34,693 20 Maharashtra 1,23,152 1,35,122 21 Manipur 646 693 22 Meghalaya 755 815 23 Mizoram 114 147 24 Nagaland 520 567 25 Odisha 15,375 16,737 26 Puducherry 443 487 27 Punjab 14,593 15,339 28 Rajasthan 35,090 38,402 29 Sikkim 297 321 30 Tamil Nadu 29,559 31,964 31 Telangana 27,543 30,038 The Dadra And NagPar Haveli And Daman And 120 145 32 Diu 33 Tripura 1,812 2,055 34 Uttar Pradesh 1,22,349 1,31,012 35 Uttarakhand 5,312 6,181 36 West Bengal 30,131 54,839 Total Registration 7,67,969 8,61,993 *****