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25/04/23 06:02 AM IST

eShram Portal

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  • Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, launched new features in eShram Porta. 
Features of the Portal
  • These features will enhance the utility of the portal and facilitate ease of registration for unorganised workers.
  • The eShram registered workers can now connect with Employment opportunities, Skilling, Apprenticeship, Pension Scheme, Digital Skilling and States’ schemes through eShram portal. 
  • A feature of capturing family details of migrant worker has been added to the eShram portal.
  • This feature can help in providing Child education and women centric schemes to the migrant workers who have migrated with family.
  • Further, a new feature on sharing of data of construction workers registering on eShram with the concerned Building and Other Construction Workers’ (BOCW) Welfare Board, has been added to ensure registration of eShram construction workers with the respective BOCW board and access to the schemes meant for them.
Data Sharing Portal
  • The Union Minister  formally launched Data Sharing Portal (DSP) for sharing of eShram data with the State/ UT Governments.
  • Data Sharing Portal will allow sharing of eShram beneficiaries data with the respective States and Union Territories in a secured manner for targeted implementation of social security/welfare schemes for the unorganised workers registered on eShram.
  • Ministry initiated mapping of different schemes data with eShram data to identify the eShram registrants who have not yet received the benefits of these schemes.
eShram Portal
  • The portal was launched with the aim of creating a national database of unorganised workers (NDUW)
  • Ministry of Labour & Employment is responsible for the implementation
  • e-Shram Card: Workers will be provided with an e-SHRAM card which will have a 12 digit unique number.
  • The details of workers will also be shared by the state government and departments.
  • This will be a single-point reference to help authorities reach out to and track workers in the informal sector, and offer welfare in times of crisis.
  • Who all are included: The database will include construction workers, migrant workers, gig and platform workers, street vendors, domestic workers, agriculture workers, migrant workers and similar other sub-groups of unorganised workers.
Source- PIB

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