Lok Sabha Question No. 2148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2148 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2024

## E-SHRAM PORTAL

## 2148. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

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

- (a)whether the percentage of the targeted number of registrations on the e-Shram portal has achieved till date;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the formalisation of the economy; and
- (d)whether the Government is planning to provide welfare cover to the  workers  registered  under  e-Shram  portal,  if  so,  the  details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  launched  eShram portal  (eshram.gov.in)  on  26th  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)  and  eShram  cards.  As  per  Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) note of National Database of Unorganised Workers, it was envisaged to register 25 crore unorganized workers on  the  portal  till  March,  2025.  As  on  31.07.2024,  over  29.85  crore unorganised workers have registered on eShram portal.

One of the main objectives of eShram portal is to facilitate delivery of social welfare schemes to the unorganised workers. The eShram has an integration with National Career Service (NCS) and Skill India Digital Hub  (SIDH), with an aim  to formalise the unorganised  workers.  The  integration  of  eShram  with  NCS  is  to provide suitable  better  job opportunities  for  unorganised workers.

The  integration  with  SIDH  is  to  provide  skill  enhancement  and Further, 25, the Prime Minister's package of 5 schemes and initiative to facilitate employment, skilling and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a 5-year period with apprenticeship opportunities to unorganised workers. Government announced in the Budget 2024a central outlay of Rs. 2 lakh crore.

The eShram facilitates to provide the welfare cover to the unorganised workers through its following key features: -

- (i) Provision has been added in eShram to share construction workers' data with States/UTs to facilitate their registration in respective Building  and  other  Construction  Workers (BoCW) Boards.
- (ii) eShram is also integrated with Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan  (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.
- (iii) Further, eShram is 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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