Lok Sabha Question No. 226 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: Multilingual Functionality on the e-Shram Portal
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 226

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## MULTILINGUAL FUNCTIONALITY ON THE e-SHRAM PORTAL

226.  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

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

- (a)whether the Government has launched multilingual functionality on  the  e-Shram  portal  to  provide  seamless  access  to  various Government  schemes  for  unorganised  workers  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b)the total number of registration done on the e-Shram portal by the unorganised  workers  since  its  launch  along  with  the  average number of registration done per day during last one year;
- (c)the  details  of  social  security  schemes  being  facilitated  through registration on the e-Shram portal at present; and
- (d)the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide comprehensive social protection to unorganised workers in the
- country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal (eshram.gov.in) on 26 th August  2021  for creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar. eShram portal is meant to register and support the  unorganised  workers  by  providing  them  a  Universal  Account Number (UAN) on a self-declaration basis.

As  on  28 th   January  2025,  over  30.58  crore  unorganised portal. During the last year, i.e., from 1 st  January 2024 to 31 st  December 2024, the  eShram  portal  recorded  over  1.23  crore  registration  with  an workers have registered on eShram average of 33.7 thousand registrations per day.

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

- (i)  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 registrants' on eShram portal to seamlessly register on NCS.
- (ii) eShram is 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. It provides a monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- after attaining the age of 60 years. Using UAN any unorganised worker can easily enrol under PM-SYM. In the scheme 50 percent of the contribution is borne by the Government of India and the rest is being contributed by the worker.
- (iii) Provision has been added in eShram to capture family details of migrant workers.
- (iv)  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.
- (v) 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.
- (vi) 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.

In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement recently on developing eShram as a One-Stop-Solution for unorganised  workers  to  have  access  to  various  social  security schemes, Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram -'One -StopSolution' 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.

So far, 12 schemes of different Central Ministries/Departments have already been integrated/ mapped with the eShram including Pradhan Mantri Surakhsa Bima Yojana (PMSBY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima  Yojana  (PMJJBY), Ayushman  Bharat -Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana,  Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM-SVANidhi), PM Awas Yojana-  Urban  (PMAY-U),  PM  Awas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

To  enhance  the  accessibility  of  the  eShram  portal,  the multilingual functionality on the eShram portal on 7th January 2025, using the Bhashini platform. This enhancement now allows workers to interact with eShram portal in 22 Indian languages, improving accessibility

Ministry of Labour and Employment launched and promoting inclusivity for all.

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