About the Portal

• In 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Employment unveiled the e-shram portal 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. This is a permanent number and valid for lifetime.
• The portal would lead to the creation of a national database of unorganised workers. In future, it is envisaged that all the social security benefits to unorganized workers will be delivered through this portal. In emergency and national pandemic like situations, this database may be utilized to provide necessary assistance to the eligible unorganized 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.

Why in News?

• The Ministry of Labour & Employment has launched e-SHRAM portal, a National Database of the Unorganised Workers on 26th August, 2021. 
• As on 07.12.2023, more than 29.21 crore unorganized workers have been registered on this portal.

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