The NSO report is based on the
payroll data of new subscribers of various
social security schemes run by ESIC, retirement fund body
EPFO and
pension fund regulator
PFRDA. It has been releasing such data of these bodies since April 2018, covering the period starting from September 2017. The report noted that gross new enrolments with
ESIC during the September 2017-March 2018 period were 8.33 million.