Over 29.83 crore registered on eShram portal, issued cards: Govt

Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis.

More than 29.83 crore unorganised workers have registered on eShram Portal, on a self-declaration basis and received eShram cards, Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Shobha Karandlaje said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on August 1.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched eShram portal on August 26, 2021 for creation of a comprehensive ‘National Database of Unorganised Workers’ verified and seeded with Aadhaar. The eShram portal is meant to register and assist unorganised workers by providing them with a Universal Account Number (UAN) and eShram cards.

Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis. Provision has been added in eShram to capture family details of migrant workers.

Besides, there is also a provision to share construction workers’ data with States/UTs to facilitate their registration in respective Building and other Construction Workers (BoCW) boards.

eShram has been integrated with the National Career Service (NCS) Portal and workers can register on NCS using his/her Universal Account Number (UAN) and search for suitable job opportunities. An option/link has also been provided on the eShram portal for registrants to sign up for the NCS.

This is also integrated with Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), a pension scheme for unorganised workers who are aged between 18-40 years.