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18.19 lakh new workers enrolled under ESI in Jan month

Published: Mar 25, 2025

By TIOLCorplaws News Service

NEW DELHI, MAR 25, 2025: THE provisional payroll data of ESIC reveals that 18.19 lakh new employees have been added in the month of January, 2025.

27,805 new establishments have been brought under the social security ambit of the ESI Scheme in the month of January, 2025 thus ensuring social security to more workers.

Month on Month Comparison

Head
Dec 2024
Jan 2025
Growth
Remarks
Number of newly registered employees during the month 17,00,848 18,19,219 1,18,371

6.95%

Increase

Number of New establishments registered during the month 20,360 27,805 7,445 36.56% increase

Year on Year Comparison

Head
Jan 2024
Jan 2025
Growth
Remarks
Number of newly registered employees during the month 17,77,480 18,19,219 41,739

2.34% Increase

             

Through the data, it is noticeable that out of the total 18.19 lakh employees added during the month, 8.67 lakh employees amounting to around 47.66% of the total registrations belong to the age group of upto 25 years.

Also, the gender-wise analysis of the payroll data indicates that net enrolment of female members has been 3.65 lakh in January, 2025. Besides, a total of 85 transgender employees have also got registered under ESI Scheme in the month of January, 2025 which attests the commitment of ESIC to deliver its benefits to every section of the society.

The payroll data is provisional since the data generation is a continuous exercise.

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