{"id":29737,"date":"2025-01-31T06:30:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29737"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:58:09","slug":"e-shram-microsite-and-occupational-shortage-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/e-shram-microsite-and-occupational-shortage-index\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Shram Microsite and Occupational Shortage Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>e-Shram Microsite and Occupational Shortage Index Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the Union Minister for Labour &amp; Employment launched two significant initiatives \u2013 State and Union Territory Microsites under the e-Shram initiative and the Occupational Shortage Index (OSI).<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0About e-Shram Microsite<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Itis a transformative initiative aimed at ensuring that <strong>unorganised workers<\/strong> have seamless access to both <strong>State and Central government welfare programs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Features of e-Shram Microsite<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These microsites are <strong>state-specific digital platforms<\/strong> seamlessly <strong>integrated with the national e-Shram database.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Facilitating two-way integration between State portals and the eShram portals, this will facilitate simplified registration of unorganised workers.<\/li>\n<li>This will provide a one-stop solution for seamless access to both Central and State welfare programs for unorganised workers, employment opportunities, skilling programmes, etc.<\/li>\n<li>For States\/UTs, the microsites provide a ready-to-use digital infrastructure, reducing the need for costly and time-consuming development processes. With real-time analytic dashboards, they facilitate better policy decision-making and allow States to include tools specific to their labour market requirements.<\/li>\n<li>It offers a <strong>seamless registration process<\/strong> and access to a wide range of social security benefits.<\/li>\n<li>The platform ensures <strong>multilingual accessibility<\/strong>, enabling workers from different regions to access information and services in their preferred language.<\/li>\n<li>Through two-way integration with the e-Shram database, workers receive real-time updates on welfare schemes and employment opportunities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> It will enhance transparency and efficiency in welfare service delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Occupational Shortage Index (OSI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It provides data-driven insights into occupations <strong>facing shortages, helping align job seekers&#8217; skills with industry demands.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The OSI will support policymakers, training institutions, and businesses in <strong>bridging skill gaps in high-demand sectors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The index is designed to enable more effective decision-making in workforce planning and skill development initiatives, optimizing job matching and guiding State governments and employers in creating targeted skill development programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>e-Shram Microsite and Occupational Shortage Index FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is e-Shram Portal?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans: <\/strong>It is a flagship initiative by the Government of India to support and empower the unorganized workforce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>What are the unorganised sector activities?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> It comprises landless agricultural labourers, small and marginal farmers, share croppers, weavers, and carpenters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2097431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>e-Shram Microsite ensures that unorganised workers have seamless access to both State and Central government welfare programs and Occupational Shortage Index provides data-driven insights into occupations facing shortages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}