E-Shram Portal

Subject – Economy

Context – The government will launch the e-Shram portal, a database of unorganised sector workers.

Concept –

The government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others.
The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12 digit unique number, which, going ahead, will help in including them in social security schemes.
The registration of workers on the portal will be coordinated by the Labour Ministry, state governments, trade unions and CSCs.
A national toll free number — 14434 — will also be launched to assist and address the queries of workers seeking registration on the portal.
A worker can register on the portal using his/her Aadhaar card number and bank account details, apart from filling other necessary details like date of birth, home town, mobile number and social category.