RAS question
How many unorganized workers have been registered on e-Shram portal in Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (A) 1,43,32,020.
In Rajasthan, 1,43,32,020 unorganised workers were registered on the e-Shram portal in 2024-25 up to December 2024.
Explanation
The Rajasthan Economic Review 2024-25 gives the figure as 1,43,32,020 unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram portal in Rajasthan in 2024-25 up to December 2024. The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched e-Shram to create a comprehensive national database of unorganised workers seeded with Aadhaar. It records essential details such as name, occupation, address and skills so that employability support and access to social-security benefits can be improved for categories including migrant and gig workers. This count should be distinguished from training, appointment and MGNREGS employment figures; it is the Rajasthan-specific e-Shram registration count.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 8.65 lakh refers to youths trained by RSLDC, so it measures skill training rather than e-Shram registration of unorganised workers.
- (C) 59,236 is the number of government appointments, which is a recruitment figure and not the e-Shram portal registration count.
- (D) 53.28 lakh refers to households employed under MGNREGS, so it belongs to wage-employment data rather than the e-Shram database.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan economy syllabus area on employment, labour welfare and social-security delivery. RAS repeats such questions because the Economic Review’s current figures are a direct source for prelims-style factual questions.