KG NEWS DESK
New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour and Employment has launched eShram portal on 26.08.2021 for registration of Unorganised Workers. 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.
The main objective of the eShram portal is to create a national database of unorganised workers and to facilitate delivery of Social Security and welfare Schemes to such workers.
As on 04.12.2023, over 29.20 crore unorganised workers have been registered on eShram portal and eShram card has been issued to these workers. State/ U.T. wise list of number of unorganised workers who have been issued eShram cards in the country since its inception i.e., 26.08.2021 is attached at Annexure.(PIB)
