The government will launch the e-SHRAM portal to maintain a database of workers in the unorganised sector on August 26, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. The aim is to bring tens of millions of unorganised staff within the nation on a standard platform. Yadav on Tuesday launched the logo of the e-SHRAM portal, through which the government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors, and domestic workers, among others.
A national toll-free number 14434 will also be launched to assist and address the queries of the workers seeking registration on the portal . Following the launch of the portal, the workers from the unorganised sector can begin their registration on the same day. As part of the initiative, the workers will be issued an e-SHRAM card containing a 12 digit unique number. The objective behind the move is integration of social security schemes of the government. The database will embrace building staff, migrant staff, gig and platform staff, road distributors, home staff, agriculture staff, migrant staff and related different sub-groups of unorganised staff. The e-Shram portal will likely be obtainable in public for open entry the place staff can self-enrol by means of Aadhaar and cellular quantity. The details of the workers will also be shared by state governments and departments. A worker can register using his/her Aadhaar card number and bank account details, apart from filling other necessary details like date of birth, home town, mobile number, and social category. It’s estimated that 92% of India‘s workforce of 500 million is unorganised, usually disadvantaged of minimal wages and any type of social safety.
