WELFARE OF UNORGANISED SECTOR WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY

WELFARE OF UNORGANISED SECTOR WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY

Government of India has launched eShram portal on 26.08.2021 with an objective to create National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW). eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal Account Number (UAN).

As on 31.03.2024, over 29.51 crore unorganised sector workers have registered on eShram Portal, on self-declaration basis.

The details of social category-wise, gender-wise and state-wise count of unorganised workers registered till 31.03.2024 under eShram Portal is mentioned below:

S. No.

State Name

Registration Count

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

31,057

Andhra Pradesh

80,70,530

Arunachal Pradesh

1,45,963

Assam

71,50,790

Bihar

2,91,16,988

Chandigarh

1,79,121

Chhattisgarh

84,31,182

Delhi

33,64,012

Goa

68,992

Gujarat

1,15,70,855

Haryana

53,09,407

Himachal Pradesh

19,60,838

Jammu & Kashmir

34,56,902

Jharkhand

93,27,108

Karnataka

84,67,088

Kerala

59,56,926

Ladakh

32,305

Lakshadweep

2,535

Madhya Pradesh

1,75,40,920

Maharashtra

1,43,91,522

Manipur

4,36,726

Meghalaya

3,11,043

Mizoram

63,838

Nagaland

2,21,770

Odisha

1,33,95,684

Puducherry

1,84,187

Punjab

56,09,454

Rajasthan

1,37,23,035

Sikkim

38,843

Tamil Nadu

85,72,306

Telangana

43,51,331

The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

73,662

Tripura

8,70,742

Uttar Pradesh

8,34,95,132

Uttarakhand

30,15,454

West Bengal

2,62,50,707

Total

29,51,88,955

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Smt. Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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