Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in his Mann ki Baat address that around 950 million Indians now benefit from at least one social security scheme.
• An International Labour Organization report finds that 64.3 percent of India’s population receives social protection benefits.
• The consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes and deployment of digital frameworks such as Aadhaar and direct benefit transfers have streamlined welfare delivery.
• Key programmes including the Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, MGNREGA, Janani Suraksha Yojana and PM POSHAN underpin the coverage expansion.
• Phase I of a nationwide data pooling exercise is under way, and a second phase aims to verify and broaden coverage beyond 100 crore beneficiaries.