e-Shram Portal

About eShram - One Stop Solution:

• It will provide seamless access of different Social Security Schemes to the unorganised workers registered on eShram portal.
• Purpose: The primary purpose of the eShram One Stop Solution is to simplify the registration process for unorganised workers and facilitate their access to government welfare schemes.
• This platform will act as a bridge, connecting the workers to the numerous benefits offered by the government and making the registration process easier and more transparent,"
• It entails consolidating and integrating data from various Central Ministries/Departments into a single repository. 
• Key welfare schemes such as One Nation One Ration Card, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, National Social Assistance Programme, National Career Service, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan etc. have been integrated with eShram.

What is eShram Portal?

• It was launched by the Ministry of Labourand Employment in 2021 for registration and creation of a comprehensive National Database of Unorganized Workers.
• The registration in the portal is fully Aadhaar verified and Aadhaar seeded. Any unorganised worker can register himself or herself on the portal on a self-declaration basis.
• It allows an unorganised worker to register himself or herself on the portal on self-declaration basis, under 400 occupations in 30 broad occupation sectors.

Q1: What is social security?

It is the measure established by legislation to maintain individual or family income or to provide income when some or all sources of income are disrupted or terminated or when exceptionally heavy expenditures have to be incurred (e.g., in bringing up children or paying for health care).

News: Ministry of Labour & Employment Launches eShram - One Stop Solution for Welfare of Unorganised Workers