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          Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal on 26th August 2021 which is a National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) aged between 16-59 and is Aadhaar seeded.  State wise registration count as on 31st March 2023 is at annexure.

A total of Rs. 704.01 crores was allocated for NDUW upto 2024-25 and funds to the tune of around Rs. 420 Crores has been utilized as on 16th July, 2023. Thus about 60% of the total fund has already been utilized.

As per the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) proposal, target of registration under eShram was 25 crore till 2024-25. As on 16th July, 2023 the registration in eShram is almost 28.96 crore which is about 4 crore more than the estimated targets. However, to further improve the registration on eShram, Ministry has taken several steps such as registration camps and drives are  organised by Ministry from time to time in coordination with Common Service Centre’s (CSC) & platform aggregators. Social media platforms are also used to spread awareness among workers to register on e-Shram. State Seva Kendra’s (SSKs) and services of CSC’s were on boarded to facilitate assisted mode registrations of unorganised workers including gig & platform workers. eShram is also on boarded on Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG app), to increase reach among the workers and provide registration/ update facility at the convenience of their mobile. Review meetings are taken with the States on a periodical basis to enhance awareness campaigns and outreach programs to educate the unorganised workers about the eShram portal and its benefits.

 

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ANNEXURE

 

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  TO (e) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 105 FOR 20.07.2023 REGARDING UTILISATION OF FUNDS REGARDING E-SHRAM PORTAL RAISED BY DR. DHARMASTHALA VEERENDRA HEGGADE

State wise registration details on e-Shram portal (As on 31^st March 2023)

S. No.	State	Registration
	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	28,572
	Andhra Pradesh	79,56,769
	Arunachal Pradesh	1,41,329
	Assam	69,44,914
	Bihar	2,85,85,998
	Chandigarh	1,74,276
	Chhattisgarh	82,77,070
	Delhi	32,55,175
	Goa	59,747
	Gujarat	1,09,61,880
	Haryana	52,61,786
	Himachal Pradesh	19,24,951
	Jammu and Kashmir	33,86,834
	Jharkhand	91,73,377
	Karnataka	75,34,813
	Kerala	59,05,749
	Ladakh	29,586
	Lakshadweep	2,450
	Madhya Pradesh	1,69,84,844
	Maharashtra	1,35,49,411
	Manipur	4,05,896
	Meghalaya	2,92,262
	Mizoram	58,384
	Nagaland	2,18,918
	Odisha	1,33,32,805
	Puducherry	1,76,599
	Punjab	54,99,471
	Rajasthan	1,28,40,452
	Sikkim	25,790
	Tamil Nadu	84,06,440
	Telangana	41,51,946
	The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	73,093
	Tripura	8,45,412
	Uttar Pradesh	8,30,32,954
	Uttarakhand	29,73,942
	West Bengal	2,58,17,600
Total		28,82,91,495

 

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

 

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