New Delhi, Jan 16 (Agency) As many as 15.92 lakh new workers enrolled under Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme in the month of November, 2023. As per data released by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday, around 20,830 new establishments have been registered and brought under the social security umbrella of the ESI scheme in the month of November, 2023.
The official data showed that more jobs have been generated for the youth as out of the total 15.92 lakh employees added during the month, 7.47 lakh employees amounting to 47% of the total registrations are up to the age group of 25 years. “Gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that net enrolment of female members has been 3.17 lakh in November, 2023,” the Ministry said in a media release. The provisional payroll data also showed that a total of 58 transgender employees also got registered under ESI scheme in the month of November, 2023.