The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PMVB Rozgar Yojana) on July 1, 2025, to boost employment generation, enhance employability, and improve social security across all sectors, with a special focus on manufacturing. This Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme, formulated after extensive stakeholder consultations, has a registration period from August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2027, and a budgetary outlay of ₹99,446 crore for FY 2025-26 to FY 2031-32. The scheme is divided into Part A, which provides incentives for 1.92 crore new eligible employees, and Part B, which offers incentives to employers for the creation of approximately 2.59 crore additional jobs.
Furthermore, aligning with the Budget Announcement 2024-25, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has integrated fourteen welfare schemes with the eShram portal, creating a One-Stop Solution for unorganized workers to access social security benefits. These schemes include PMSVANidhi, PMSBY, PMJJBY, NFBS, MGNREGS, PMAYG, ABPMJAY, PMAYU, PMMSY, PMKMY, ONORC, and PMMVY. eShram is also integrated with PMSYM, NCS, SIDH, UMANG, DigiLocker, myScheme, and the Open Government Data Platform OGD. To enhance accessibility, the eShram mobile application was launched on February 24, 2025.
The Budget Announcement for FY 2025-26 included measures for gig workers, such as registration on eShram, issuance of identity cards, and extension of healthcare benefits under ABPMJAY. The scheme is overseen by a Steering Committee and an Executive Committee to ensure effective implementation and monitoring. Information was provided by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Sushri Shobha Karandlaje.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana: An Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme launched to support employment generation, enhance employability, and social security across all sectors, with a special focus on the manufacturing sector.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The government ministry responsible for launching and overseeing the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana and eShram initiatives.
eShram: A One-Stop Solution for unorganized workers to access various social security schemes.
Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PMSVANidhi): A micro-credit facility scheme to provide affordable loans to street vendors.
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): An accident insurance scheme.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): A life insurance scheme.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY): A health insurance scheme providing coverage for medical expenses.
Delhi: Location where the press release was issued.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana
Launched to Boost Employment Generation
Fourteen Key Welfare Schemes Integrated with e-
Shram for Better Accessibility
Posted On: 21 AUG 2025 3:16PM by PIB Delhi
The Government on 01.07.2025 approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as Pradhan
Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojna to support employment generation, enhance employability and social
security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector.
The scheme has been formulated after extensive consultations with all stakeholders, including labour-
intensive Ministries, Trade Unions, Industry Associations and Experts. A Steering Committee comprising
representatives from labour-intensive Ministries/Departments has been constituted. In addition, an Executive
Committee has also been constituted to ensure effective implementation, close monitoring, and regular
oversight of the scheme.
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. The
scheme provides for incentives for 1.92 crore new eligible employees under Part A. Incentive for creation of
approx. 2.59 crore additional jobs to employers is provided for under Part B of the scheme.
In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement 2024-25 on developing e-Shram as a One-Stop-
Solution for unorganized workers to have access to various social security schemes, the Ministry of Labour
and Employment launched the e-Shram–“One-Stop-Solution” on 21st October 2024. e-Shram– “One-Stop-
Solution” entails integration of different social security/ welfare schemes at single portal. This enables
unorganised workers registered on e-Shram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them
so far, through e-Shram.
So far, fourteen (14) schemes of different Central Ministries/ Departments have already been integrated/
mapped with the e-Shram to extend benefits and access to social security, insurance or skill development
programmes to e-Shram 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 Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY),
One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).
In addition to the above schemes, e-Shram 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 (DigiLocker), myScheme and Open Government Data
Platform (OGD).To further enhance the availability and accessibility of e-Shram and its associated services to unorganised
workers, the Ministry of Labour and Employment officially launched the e-Shram mobile application on 24th
February 2025. This application facilitates real-time access to welfare schemes integrated with the e-Shram
platform, thereby significantly strengthening both accessibility and user convenience.
The Government, in its Budget Announcement for the financial year 2025-26, has announced several key
measures for the welfare of Gig workers of online platforms (platform workers), viz., their registration on the
e-Shram portal, issuance of identity cards, and extension of health care benefits under Ayushman Bharat-
Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Sushri
Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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