E-SHRAM PORTAL

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Context - Registered workers at the e-shram portal to get the benefit of insurance cover.

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The Ministry of Union Labour and Employment Ministry is working on a mechanism to process accident insurance claims by unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram portal
More than 27 crore unorganised sector workers are registered on the portal.
The portal was launched with the aim of creating a national database of unorganised workers and ensuring social security schemes for them.
The workers would be eligible for ₹2 lakh as accident insurance.
The scheme would allow the workers to get the direct benefit transfer (DBT) through an e-Shram unique ID number.

E-Shram Portal

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has developed the e-SHRAM portal for building a National Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW).
The Portal was developed with the aim of extending the benefits of the social security schemes to unorganized sector workers.
It is the first-ever national database of unorganized workers including migrant workers, construction workers, gig and platform workers, etc.
The following is required to register on the portal:
- Aadhar Number
- The mobile number is linked with Aadhaar
- Savings Bank Account Number

Significance of e-Shram portal

It created a centralized database of all unorganized workers including Construction Workers, Migrant Workers, Gig and Platform workers, Street Vendors, Domestic Workers, Agriculture Workers, etc.
Improve the implementation efficiency of the social security services for the unorganized workers.
Smooth Sharing of information in respect of registered unorganized workers with various stakeholders such as Ministries/ Departments/ Boards/ Agencies/ Organizations of the Central & State Governments.
Portability of the social security and welfare benefits to the migrant and construction workers.
It provides a comprehensive database to Central and State Governments for tackling any National Crises like COVID-19 in future.