Ministry of Labour & Employment
Registration of Unorganized Workers begins
across the Country as Government of India
launches the e-Shram Portal.
Portal will help build a comprehensive National
Database of Unorganized Workers (NDUW) in
the country.
Portal will prove to be a huge boost towards last
mile delivery of the welfare schemes for crores
of unorganized workers: Shri Bhupender Yadav
Game changer in the history of the country,
where more than 38 Crore workers would
register themselves under one portal.
Registration is totally free and workers do not
have to pay anything.
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26 AUG 2021 6:13PM by PIB Delhi
Minister for Labour and Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav today formally launched e-Shram
portal and handed it over to the States/UTs in the presence of the Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of
State for Labour &Employment and Petroleum & Natural Gas.
“For the first time in the History of India, a system is being made to register 38 crore Unorganised
Workers. It will not only register them but would also be helpful in delivering of various social
security schemes being implemented by the Central and State Governments”, said the Labour
Minister emphasising that it is another key milestone towards furthering the vision of Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi towards the welfare of the unorganized workers, who are the nation builders of
India.
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The e-Shram portal will cover all unorganised workers of
the nation and help link them to social security schemes
of the Government of India. The portal will prove to be a
huge boost for the last-mile delivery of services.
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On this occasion, Shri Bhupender Yadav also thanked the Prime Minister for sanctioning of Rs 2.0
Lakh Accidental Insurance cover to every registered unorganised worker on eSHRAM Portal. If a
worker is registered on the eSHRAM portal and meets with an accident, he will be eligible for Rs 2.0
Lakh on death or permanent disability and Rs 1.0 lakh on partial disability and government is always
committed for the welfare of the workers.
Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Petroleum & Natural gas while
highlighting the features of the e-SHRAM Portal, which inter-alia are creation of a National database
of all unorganized workers ,also appealed to the people of the country to be part of this campaign and
get all unorganized workers registered on the E-Shram portal and become a partner in fulfilling the
much-needed goal of the Government of India: “छूटेगा नहीं कोई कामगार, योजनाएं पहुचेंगी सबके द्वाार.”
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After registering on the e-SHRAM portal, unorganized
workers will need not to register separately for Govt's
Social Security Schemes. e-SHRAM card containing a 12-
digit UAN will be valid throughout the country: MoS
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On this occasion, both Ministers also interacted with the workers from Ajmer, Dibrugarh, Chennai
and Varanasi who virtually connected from the Common Service Centreswho shared their
experiences and expectations. Shri Yadav and Shri Teli also briefed them about accidental Insurance
Schemes and explained benefits for registering on the portal.
Stating that the portal is going to be major turning point and game changer in the history of the
country, Shri Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Labour Ministry said that more than 38 Crore unorganised
workers (UW) in the country, will be registered under one portal and the registration under the e-
SHRAM portal is totally free and workers do not have to pay anything for his or her registration at
Common Service Centres(CSCs) or anywhere.
Shri Chandra further informed that upon registration the workers shall be issued aeSHRAM card
with unique Universal Account Number (UAN) and will be able to access the benefits of the various
social security schemes through this Card anywhere anytime.
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e-Shram Portal: Government of India launches National
Database for Unorganised Workers for the overall welfare
of crores of unorganized workers of the country
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Labour Ministers of States/ UTs along with Chief Secretaries, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal
Secretaries (Labour), Labour Commissioners of all States/UTs virtually joined the launch function
from their respective states. All the field offices of the Labour Ministry and Labour Departments of
State Governments along with Regional Offices of EPFO and ESIC are also attending the function.
The launch event was also being joined by over 4 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) who have a
key role in the registration of the unorganized workers.
The demonstration of the portal has already been given to all States/ UTs during the 1 and 2 pre-
launch meetings held with them during July/ August. In this respect, the detailed guidelines for
operationalization of portal and mobilization of workers have already been issued to the States/UTs.
Considering the COVID situation, it was decided to launch the portal VIRTUALLY and hand it over
to the states for commencing the process ofRegistration of Unorganised Workers all over the
country.
The Union Labour Minister on 24 August, 2021 also interacted with leaders of the major Central
Trade Unions of the country viz. BharatiyaMazdoorSangh (MS), Indian National Trade Union
Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hindu Mahasabha (HMS), Centre for
Indian Trade Union (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union
Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self-employed Women’s Association (SEWA), United Trade Union
Centre (UTUC), National Front of Indian Trade Unions (DHN).
All the leaders of the Central Trade Unions expressed that this will be a game changer for the well-
being of unorganized workers who are the nation builders of the country and told in clear terms
thatall the Central Trade Unions and their field formations in the States will give its unflinching
support to the honorable cause of registering unorganized workers in the e-SHRAM portal.
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