The enrolment of beneficiaries under thePradhan Mantri ShramYogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana inRajasthanhas gone down drastically over the last three years. From 2.16 lakh beneficiaries enrolled in 2019-20, it decreased to 1,832 beneficiaries in 2021-20, a ministry of labour and EMPLOYMENT data revealed. In 2020-21, only 3,303 beneficiaries were enrolled under the scheme in Rajasthan.
The data further revealed that 61,907 beneficiaries were enrolled in 2018-19 under the scheme. Minister of state for labour and employment,Rameswar Telisaid while replying to an unstarred question inLok Sabhaon April 3.
The minister was replying to a question on the total number of skilled and semi-skilled labourers working in different industrial units in the country.
The government has introduced a pension scheme for unorganised workers, namely Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), to ensure old age protection for unorganised workers, the reply mentioned.