February 2025

India has seen significant employment growth, with a 36% increase and around 170 million jobs added between 2016-17 and 2023-24.

Schemes

e-Shram

Launched in 2021

The eShram portal, was launched on 26 August 2021 to register and support unorganised workers by providing them with a Universal Account Number (UAN) and for the creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW).

One stop solution

eShram– “One-Stop-Solution” was launched on 21st October 2024, which entails the integration of different social security/ welfare schemes on a single portal, i.e., eShram.
This enables unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far through eShram.

Achievements

As of 27 January 2025, over 30.58 crore unorganised workers have already registered on the eShram portal
So far, 12 schemes of different central ministries/departments have been integrated/mapped with eShram.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY)

Launch: 1st October, 20203
Objective: To incentivize employers for creation of new employment and restoration of loss of employment during Covid-19 pandemic.

National Career Service (NCS)

Launch Date: 20th July, 2015.4

Objective:

NCS has become a ‘one stop platform’ for career related services including jobs from private and government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs, skill/training programmes etc.
It works towards bridging the gap between jobseekers and employers, candidates seeking training and career guidance, agencies providing training and career counselling.

PM Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM - SVANidhi)

Launch: 1st June, 20207
Objective: To facilitate collateral free working capital loan to street vendors to restart their businesses, which were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)

Launch Date: August, 2016

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

Launched in 2005
Provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household in rural areas, whose adult member volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Achievements

In FY 2013-14, the minimum average notified wage rate for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA was ₹155, while in FY 2024-25, the minimum average notified wage rate is ₹279.
In FY 2024-25, attendance for 20.35 lakh worksites (95.66%) has been captured and uploaded on the portal. Current updates - doc