Lok Sabha Question No. 1178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Features of e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Saikia Dilip, Sanghamitra Maurya, Rajesh Verma, Anil Firojiya, P.R. Natarajan, Brijendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1178

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## FEATURES OF E-SHRAM PORTAL

1178. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

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

- (a)the main features and objectives of e-Shram portal;
- (b)whether  the  welfare  of  unorganized  sector  labourers  is  likely  to increase due to this portal and if so, the manner in which it is likely
- to increase;
- (c)whether the e-Shram portal has been implemented across the country
- and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether the Government is aware that 94 per cent of the workers are receiving wages less than Rs. 10,000 and they have slipped below
- the poverty line or come close to the poverty line;
- (e)if so, the details thereof; and

(f)the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (f): The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has  launched eShram portal on 26.08.2021 for registration of Unorganised Workers. It allows an unorganised worker to register himself or herself on the portal on self-declaration basis, under 400 occupations in 30 broad occupation sectors. The main objective of the eShram portal is to create a national database of unorganised workers.

As  on  4th  December  2023,  over  29.20  crore  unorganised workers have registered on eShram portal.

The  main  features  of  eShram  portal  and  benefits  that  are provided to the workers are as follows:

- (i) The  registration  in  the  portal  is  fully  Aadhaar  verified  and Aadhaar seeded. Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis.
- (ii) eShram  has  a  feature  to  capture  family  details  of  migrant
- workers.
- (iii) Data  of  construction  workers  registered  on  eShram  portal  is shared  with States/UTs  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)  number,  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.

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