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WELFARE OF UNORGANISED SECTOR WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY

Posted On: 25 JUL 2024 4:01PM by PIB Delhi

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:

  1. Gender wise count of unorganised workers enrolled on the eShram Portal, as on 31st March 2024:
    • Female                   -           15,67,85,963
    • Male                      -           13,83,96,531
    • Others                   -           6,461
  2. State wise count of unorganised workers enrolled on the eShram Portal, as on 31st March 2024:

S. No.

State Name

Registration Count

  1.  

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

31,057

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

80,70,530

  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh

1,45,963

  1.  

Assam

71,50,790

  1.  

Bihar

2,91,16,988

  1.  

Chandigarh

1,79,121

  1.  

Chhattisgarh

84,31,182

  1.  

Delhi

33,64,012

  1.  

Goa

68,992

  1.  

Gujarat

1,15,70,855

  1.  

Haryana

53,09,407

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

19,60,838

  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir

34,56,902

  1.  

Jharkhand

93,27,108

  1.  

Karnataka

84,67,088

  1.  

Kerala

59,56,926

  1.  

Ladakh

32,305

  1.  

Lakshadweep

2,535

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

1,75,40,920

  1.  

Maharashtra

1,43,91,522

  1.  

Manipur

4,36,726

  1.  

Meghalaya

3,11,043

  1.  

Mizoram

63,838

  1.  

Nagaland

2,21,770

  1.  

Odisha

1,33,95,684

  1.  

Puducherry

1,84,187

  1.  

Punjab

56,09,454

  1.  

Rajasthan

1,37,23,035

  1.  

Sikkim

38,843

  1.  

Tamil Nadu

85,72,306

  1.  

Telangana

43,51,331

  1.  

The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

73,662

  1.  

Tripura

8,70,742

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

8,34,95,132

  1.  

Uttarakhand

30,15,454

  1.  

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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Himanshu Pathak


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