The number of female employees added to EPFO in 2019-20 stood at 1.59 million but fell marginally to 1.39 million in 2020-21, due to the outbreak of the pandemic. However, it rebounded sharply to 2.61 million in 2021-22. Further, the e-Shram portal, dedicated to registration and creation of a comprehensive national database for unorganized workers, has about 53% women unorganised workers registering on the portal, according to labour ministry data.
