Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- More than 60 lakh unorganised workers from Punjab, including 22,272 gig and platform workers, have registered on the Centre's e-Shram portal, with the industrial hub of Ludhiana emerging as the state's biggest contributor with nearly nine lakh enrolments. A centralised national database, the e-Shram portal connects informal workers with social security and welfare schemes. According to official data shared by the Union ministry of labour and employment, Punjab's strong enrolment figures place it among the better-performing states in the national drive. Responding to a question raised by Hoshiarpur MP Raj Kumar Chabbewal in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Union minister Sushri Shobha Karandlaje said that as of July 14, 2026, Uttar Pradesh leads the nationwide drive with 8.45 crore registrations, followed by Bihar with 3.24 crore, West Bengal with 2.67 crore, Madhya Pradesh with 1.90 crore, Maharashtra with 1.79 crore and Rajasthan with 1.47 crore. Punjab has 60.36 lakh registrations which are comparable with Kerala's 62.16 lakh, while comfortably outperforming Haryana's 56.28 lakh, Telangana's 47.06 lakh and Delhi's 36.73 lakh, contributing to a nationwide portal total that has now crossed 31.82 crore registrations. Ludhiana recorded the absolute highest enrolment with 8,96,697 workers, followed sequentially by Patiala with 4,89,944, Amritsar with 4,36,836, Jalandhar with 3,79,696, and Sangrur with 3,72,972. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Malerkotla reported the lowest engagement with just 10,927 registrations....