International Labour Organization (ILO) released its latest World Social Protection Report (WSPR) recently.
India has made very significant strides in expanding its social security coverage, which has doubled from 24.4% in 2021 to 48.8% in 2024.
Nearly 920 million people, or 65% of the population, are now covered by at least one form of social protection.
The eShram portal, launched in 2021 to register the unorganized workers, has recorded 30.68 crore registrations, with women making up 53.68% of the total.
The Atal Pension Yojana has enrolled 7.25 crore people and accumulated a total corpus of ₹43,369.98 crore by December 2024.