E-Shram Portal
Description
E-Shram Portal
The e-Shram portal was launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment for creating a National Database of Unorganized Workers (UWs) including construction workers, migrant workers, gig workers & platform workers, street vendors, domestic workers, agriculture workers etc. Transgender are also being registered on e-Shram Portal.
Who are unorganized workers?
Any worker who is a home-based worker, self-employed worker or a wage worker working in the unorganized sector and not a member of ESIC or EPFO, is called an unorganized worker
Objectives of E-shram portal
• Creation of a centralized database (to be seeded with Aadhaar) of all Unorganized Workers (UWs) including construction workers, migrant workers, gig & platform workers, street vendors, domestic workers, agriculture workers etc.
• To improve the implementation efficiency of the social security services for the unorganized workers.
• Integration of Social Security Schemes meant for UWs being administered by Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) and subsequently those run by other ministries as well.
• Sharing of information in respect of registered UWs with various stakeholders such as Ministries/ Departments/ Boards/ Agencies/ Organisations of the Central & State Governments through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for delivery of various social security and welfare schemes being administered by them.
• Portability of the social security and welfare benefits to the migrant and construction workers.
• Providing a comprehensive database to Central and State Governments for tackling any national crises like COVID-19 in future.
What is UAN?
Universal Account Number (UAN) is a 12-digit number uniquely assigned to each unorganized worker after registration on an e-Shram portal. UAN number will be a permanent number i.e. once assigned, it will remain unchanged for the worker’s lifetime.
Benefits:
The Central Government has developed an e-Shram portal which will be a centralized database of unorganized workers seeded with Aadhaar. After registering, he/she will get an Accidental Insurance cover of Rs 2 Lakhs under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana. In future, all the social security benefits of unorganized workers will be delivered through this portal. In emergency and national pandemic like situations, this database may be utilized to provide necessary assistance to the eligible unorganized workers.
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojanais an Accidental Insurance scheme of Government of India eligible to the people between 18-70 years of age group. It provides benefits of Rs. two lakh at the time of accidental death and permanent disability & Rs. one lakh in case of partial disability.
The registered workers under e-Shram portal will be enrolled under PMSBY and premium for the first year will be borne by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.
