New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) added 1.93 million new members in June, according to provisional payroll data.

ESIC payroll data for June 2024 recorded about 2.16 million new additions, indicating an approximately 10.6% drop in June this year.

The ministry of labour and employment, which released the data on Thursday, said that of the new additions, about 958,000 were young employees under the age of 25, covering just under half of the new additions.

The number of new youth added to the workforce in June was about 1.2% higher than that in the previous month, the data showed. In May, there were about 946,000 new youth additions, the statement said.

The month also saw the inclusion of around 34,67...