e-Shram Portal National Database on Unorganized Workers UPSC
Source : PIB
GS II : Human Resources
What is discussed under e-Shram Portal National Database on Unorganized Workers UPSC ?
- Why in News ?
- Key Facts
- About e-Shram
Why in News ?
Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the e-Shram, the web portal for creating a National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW), which will be seeded with Aadhaar launched August 26, 2021.
- 4 crores (40 million plus) workers have registered at the e-Shram portal.
Key Facts
- Workers in diverse occupations such as construction, apparel manufacturing, fishing, gig and platform work, street vending, domestic work, agriculture and allied, transport sector have registered at the portal.
Source : e-Shram - In some of these sectors an overwhelming proportion of migrant workers are also engaged.
- Around 50.02% beneficiaries are female and 49.98% are male.
- As per the latest data, the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh are at the fore front of this initiative with highest number of registrations.
- The largest number of workers registered is from agriculture and construction.
- Around 65.68% of these registered workers are in the age group of 16-40 years and 34.32% are in the age group of 40 years and above.
- The social compositions of these workers include Other Backward Castes (OBC) and General Castes with almost 43% and 27% respectively from these categories and 23% and 7% being from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
About e-Shram
- It will have details of name, occupation, address, educational qualification, skill types and family details etc. for optimum realization of their employability and extend the benefits of the social security schemes to them.
- It is the first-ever national database of unorganized workers including migrant workers, construction workers, gig and platform workers, etc.
- All unorganized workers including migrant workers can now take the benefits of various social security and employment-based schemes through registration at the e-Shram portal.
- After registration at e-SHRAM Portal, the unorganized workers shall receive a digital e-SHRAM card and they can update their profiles/ particulars through portal or mobile app.
- They will have a Universal Account Number (on eSHRAM Card) that will be acceptable across the country and now they will not be required to register at different places for obtaining social security benefits.
- If a worker is registered at the e-Shram portal and meets with an accident, he/she will be eligible for Rs 2.0 Lakh on death or permanent disability and Rs 1.0 lakh on partial disability.
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