New Delhi, June 11 -- The International Labour Organization (ILO) has acknowledged the significant progress made by India in expanding social protection coverage under 11 years of Modi government.

According to the ILO's dashboard, over 94 crore people, or 64.3% of India's population, are now covered under at least one social protection benefit. In 2015, this figure was just 19%.

DG ILO praised India's focused welfare policies for the poor and labour class under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

It is important to note that the present figure reflects only Phase I of the data pooling exercise. This phase focused on beneficiary data of Central sector schemes and women-centric schemes in selected 8 States.

With Phase II and furt...