e-Shram portal: 30.7 crore unorganised workers registered with women, constituting over 53%

ANI March 10, 2025 203 views

The e-Shram portal has successfully registered 30.68 crore unorganized workers, with women constituting over 53% of registrations. Launched in 2021, the portal aims to provide a comprehensive database and single-window access to multiple social security schemes. The government has enhanced the platform by introducing multilingual functionality and a mobile application to improve accessibility. This initiative represents a significant step towards empowering India's unorganized workforce.

"This enhancement now allows workers to interact with e-Shram portal in 22 Indian languages" - Shobha Karandlaje, Union MoS Labour
New Delhi, March 10: Over 30.68 crore unorganised workers have already registered on the e-Shram portal, with more than half of them being female (53.68 per cent), Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Lok Sabha said on Monday.

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- e-Shram launched in 2021 for comprehensive unorganized workers database

The labour ministry launched e-Shram portal (eshram.gov.in) on August 26, 2021 for creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) seeded with Aadhaar.

In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement on developing e-Shram as a One-Stop-Solution for unorganized workers to have access to various social security schemes, Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the e-Shram-"One-Stop-Solution" on October 21, 2024.

e-Shram- "One-Stop-Solution" entails integration of different social security/ welfare schemes at single portal i.e. e-Shram. This enables unorganised workers registered on e-Shram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through e-Shram.

So far, 13 schemes of different Central Ministries/ Departments have already been integrated/ mapped with the e-Shram including Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM-SVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) and Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY).

To enhance the accessibility of the e-Shram portal, the Ministry of Labour and Employment launched multilingual functionality on the e-Shram portal on January 7, 2025, using the Bhashini platform.

"This enhancement now allows workers to interact with e-Shram portal in 22 Indian languages, improving accessibility and promoting inclusivity for all," the Union MoS said in her written reply.

To make e-Shram and associated services, readily available to unorganized workers, the Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the e-Shram mobile application on February 24, 2025.

This application aims to provide real-time access to welfare schemes integrated with e-Shram, significantly improving accessibility and convenience.

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e-Shram Portal Unorganized Workers Labour Ministry Shobha Karandlaje Social Security Women Empowerment
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