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(THE GIST OF PIB) e-SHRAM portal

[October-2021]

The Ministry of Labour and Employment conducted a sensitization programme about the features and benefits of the recently launched e-SHRAM portal for creating a national database of unorganized sector workers.

About the Portal:

The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently unveiled the e-shram portal which aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others.
The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12 digit unique number, which will help in including them in social security schemes.
The portal would lead to the creation of a national database of unorganised workers.
Apart from being Aadhaar-linked, it will collect details of the name, occupation, address, educational qualification, skill types and family of the registered workers.
It was developed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, in technical collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (an attached office under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology).
The portal is open to workers engaged in the unorganised sector and aged between 16 and 59.