Government data shows 10.3 million unorganised workers have registered on the portal in 24 days. Of these around 43% of the beneficiaries are female and 57% are male, the labour ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The portal was launched on August 26 with an aim to create a comprehensive database of the unorganized workers across the country.
The government targets to register an estimated 38 crore unorganised workers (UW) in the country, including the migrant workers as it intends to provide universal social security for all.
As per the latest data, the states of Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are at the forefront. While 2.2 million workers registered in Bihar, Odisha witnessed a registration of 2.1 million workers followed by 1.1 million in Uttar Pradesh, 0.94 million in West Bengal and 0.73 million in Madhya Pradesh.
The government, however, feels the registration drive needs to gain momentum in states and union territories such as Kerala, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh.
“This registration would facilitate delivery and accessibility to crucial welfare programmes and various entitlements meant for the workers in the unorganized sector and employment,” the labour ministry said.
The largest number of workers registered are from agriculture and construction. Besides, domestic and household workers, apparel sector workers, automobile and transport sector workers, electronics and hardware workers, capital goods workers, education, healthcare, retail, tourism and hospitality and food industry workers have also registered at this portal.
Around 48% of these registered workers are in the age group of 25-40 years, followed by around 21% registration in the age group of 40-50 years, 19% registration in the age group of 16-25 years and 12% registration in the age group of 50 years and above.
After registration at the e-Shram portal, either through common service centres (CSC) or through an app, the unorganised workers shall receive a digital e-SHRAM card with a universal account number on the card that will be acceptable across the country. Henceforth, such workers will not be required to register at different places for obtaining social security benefits.
Further, the registered workers will be eligible for Rs 2 lakh on death or permanent disability and Rs 1 lakh on partial disability for one year after registration.
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