Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Initiatives and Achievements under the e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 57 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## INITIATIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER THE E-SHRAM PORTAL

†57 .  SHRI JASWANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

(a)the  details  of  initiatives  and  achievements  under  the  e-Shram

Portal; and

(b)the details of number of registrations made in Dahod, Gujarat so

- far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) & (b): The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) nationwide on 26 th  August 2021 for creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW), verified and seeded with Aadhaar. eShram portal is meant to register and support the unorganised workers by providing them a Universal Account Number (UAN). As on 19 th  November 2024, over 30.40 crore unorganised workers have registered on eShram portal and 5.79 lakh unorganised workers have registered in Dahod, Gujarat.

The  details  of  initiatives  and  achievements  under  the eShram Portal are as under:

- (i). The registration in the portal is Aadhaar verified and Aadhaar seeded. Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis.
- (ii). Provision has been added in eShram to capture family details of migrant workers.
- (iii). Provision  has  been  added  in  eShram  to  share  construction workers'  data  with  States/  Union  Territories  to  facilitate  their registration in respective Building and other Construction Workers (BoCW) Boards.

- (iv). eShram has been integrated with National Career Service (NCS) Portal. An unorganised worker can register on NCS using his/ her Universal  Account  Number  (UAN)  and  search  for  suitable  job opportunities. An option/ link has also been provided to registrant on eShram portal to seamlessly register on NCS.
- (v). eShram is also integrated with Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM). PM-SYM is a pension scheme for unorganised workers  who  are  aged  between  18-40  years.  Using  UAN (eShram), any unorganised worker can easily register on Maandhan portal.
- (vi). To provide skill enhancement and apprenticeship opportunities to  unorganised worker, eShram has been integrated with Skill India Digital portal of Ministry of Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship.
- (vii). eShram is also integrated with myScheme portal. myScheme is a  National  Platform  that  aims  to  offer  one-stop  search  and discovery of the Government schemes. It provides an innovative, technology-based solution to discover scheme information based upon the eligibility of the citizen. The platform helps the citizen to find the right Government schemes for them. It also guides on how to apply for  different  Government  schemes.  Through  this integration, all the eShram registrants can check the schemes for which they are eligible.
- (viii). Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram- 'OneStop-Solution' on 21 st October 2024. eShram'One-StopSolution' entails integration of different Social Security/ Welfare schemes at single portal i.e., eShram. This enables unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram.

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