E-Shram Portal

In August 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Employment 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.
The portal was developed by the Ministry of Labour & 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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the e-Shram portal is one of the key initiatives to bring the labour force into the ambit of social security.
In one year, about 28 crore workers from 400 areas have been registered on the portal. This has especially benefited construction workers, migrant labourers, and domestic workers. He requested all the ministers to integrate state portals with the e-Shram portal.

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