EFFECTIVENESS AND UTILISATION OF THE e-SHRAM PORTAL

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Ministry of Labour & Employment EFFECTIVENESS AND UTILISATION OF THE e- SHRAM PORTAL Nearly 31 Crore Unorganised Workers Registered on e-Shram Portal Posted On: 07 AUG 2025 4:21PM by PIB Delhi The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the e-Shram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26th August 2021 for the creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar. The e-Shram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them with a Universal Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis. As of 3rd August 2025, over 30.98 crore unorganised workers have already registered on the e-Shram portal. Scheme-wise details of workers registered on e-Shram who have successfully availed benefits under various social security schemes of the Central Government integrated/mapped with eShram, is in Annexure-I. To evaluate the effectiveness of the e-Shram portal, a third-party evaluation/ impact assessment of e-Shram has been taken up by the Quality Council of India (QCI). 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 a single portal. This enables unorganised workers registered on e-Shram to access social security schemes and see the benefits availed by them so far, through e-Shram. 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 e-Shram 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 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 (Digi Locker), myScheme and Open Government Data Platform (OGD). Annexure-I Number of e-Shram registrants availing benefits under select e-Shram 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-PMJAY) 15,10,05,933 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) 8,45,71,947 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) 6,13,13,022 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. 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. ***** Rini Choudhury (Release ID: 2153620)