As many as 8.43 crore unorganised sector workers have registered on the e-Shram portal till November 20 and enrolments are rising steadily, the Labour Ministry said on Sunday. 

"As per the recent data on the number of Unorganised Sector workers registration at the e-Shram portal since it was operational on 26th August 2021, the number  of such registrations has been rising steadily over the 12 weeks," the ministry said in a statement.

As on November 20, 2021, which is more than 12 weeks since registrations started, 8,43,89,193 unorganised sector workers have registered on the portal.

As per week-wise data, the 10th week (November 2 - 8) saw the maximum increase at 1,15,66,985 registrations, followed by the seventh week (October 12 - 18) at 86,83,881.

In the past four days, (from November 17 to 20), around 57,24,286 registrations have been recorded, it added.

In the previous six weeks since October 5, a spike in registration of unorganised sector workers through State Seva Kendras has been recorded.

The largest such increase occurred in the preceding week (November 9 to 16), almost doubling from 24,842 to 53,970 registrations. As on November 20, the number of such registrations stands at 86,067, it stated. 

Over the past 12 weeks, the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar posted the highest average growth rates of more than 15 per cent in registration of workers on the e-Shram portal, the statement said.

In the 12th week (November 9 to 16), registrations were particularly high for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and moderately high in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Odisha and Bihar.

As of November 20, the top five occupational categories for workers registered on the portal are -- agriculture (53.2 per cent, 4,48,76,425 registrations), construction (12.1 per cent, 1,02,58,713), domestic and household workers (8.8 per cent, 74,22,236), apparel (6.3 per cent, 52,89,110) and capital goods and manufacturing (3.3 per cent, 27,60,050 registrations). 

Further, two important sub-categories of agriculture workers are 'crop farm labourers' and 'field crop and vegetable growers' (with nearly 20 lakh registrations), it added.

The top five occupational categories of women unorganised sector workers are -- agriculture (2.1 crore), domestic and household workers (71 lakh), apparel (46 lakh), construction (23 lakh) and miscellaneous (17.98 lakh).