The government has said that 21.67 lakh new workers have been enrolled under the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme in June this year. The addition of new employees registered a growth of seven percent as compared to the same period during the last year.

As per provisional payroll data released by Employees State Insurance Corporation, 10.58 lakh employees amounting to around 49 per cent of the total registrations belong to the age group of up to 25 years. Around 13,483 new establishments have been brought under the social security ambit of the ESI Scheme ensuring security for more workers. The gender-wise analysis of the payroll data shows that the net enrolment of female members has been 4.32 lakh and a total of 55 transgender employees have also been registered under the scheme.