SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has recorded 36.68 lakh registrations of unorganised workers on the e-Shram portal, with more than 34.03 lakh registered workers enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), according to data placed before the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The figures, based on data as of August 6, 2026, show that Jammu and Kashmir accounts for a substantial share of the Union Territory’s unorganised workforce registered on the national database. The e-Shram portal had registered more than 31.86 crore unorganised workers across India.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment said 28.51 lakh JK e-Shram registrants were enrolled under the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC), while 9.56 lakh were covered under the Viksit Bharat–Gramin Rozgar Guarantee scheme.
The data further showed that 4.72 lakh JK registrants were enrolled under PM-KISAN, while 1.24 lakh were covered under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and 26,083 under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY).
A total of 1.36 lakh registered workers were linked with Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), while 17,145 were enrolled under the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) and 2,471 under the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS).
The figures also show 56,137 JK e-Shram registrants enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), while 11,220 were covered under PM-SVANidhi and 414 under PMAY-Urban.
The ministry said e-Shram was launched on August 26, 2021, to create a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers, including migrant, gig and platform workers. Registration is based on self-declaration and provides workers with a Universal Account Number.
At the national level, the portal had crossed 31.86 crore registrations, highlighting the scale of the Centre’s effort to create a unified database of workers outside the formal employment system.
The latest figures indicate that e-Shram is also being used as a mechanism to facilitate the linkage of JK’s unorganised workforce with multiple social security, food security, housing, health insurance and livelihood schemes.
