New Delhi, Oct 17 (Bureau) More than four crore unorganised workers have registered at e-Shram Portal, India’s first National Database on Unorganised Workers, Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Sunday. In less than two months, more than 4 crore workers have registered at the e-Shram portal. Sharing this information in a tweet, Yadav said by registering, the unorganised workers will be able to get the benefits of government schemes easily. Workers in diverse occupations such as construction, apparel manufacturing, fishing, gig and platform work, street vending, domestic work, agriculture and allied, transport sector have registered at the portal, the Ministry of Labour and Employment said in a statement.
In some of these sectors an overwhelming proportion of migrant workers are also engaged, the statement said. All unorganised workers including migrant workers can now take the benefits of various social security and employment-based schemes through registration at the e-Shram portal. As per live data, 4.09 crore workers have registered on the portal. Of these around 50.02 per cent beneficiaries are female and 49.98 per cent are male. It is encouraging that equivalent proportion of men and women have been part of this drive. As per the latest data, the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh are at the fore front of this initiative with highest number of registrations, the statement said. However, putting this number into perspective must be with caution. Smaller states and union territories (UTs) understandably have lesser number of registered workforce. Also, this drive needs to gain momentum in states and UTs such as Meghalaya, Manipur, Manipur, Goa and Chandigarh.
The largest number of workers registered is from agriculture and construction, given the sheer volume of these two sectors in employment generation in India. Besides, workers from diverse and different occupations like 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, food industry and many more have registered at this portal. Around 65.68 per cent of these registered workers are in the age group of 16-40 years and 34.32 per cent are in the age group of 40 years and above. This registration would facilitate delivery and accessibility to crucial welfare programmes and various entitlements meant for the workers in the unorganised sector and employment, the statement said.