The Centre has developed an e-SHRAM portal, which will be seeded with their Aadhaar cards.
Labour Shramik Card Registration news: The Centre rolled out a national database for unorganised workers for the overall welfare of crores of these workers of the country. Now, these workers are queuing up to register on the e-shram portal eshram.gov.in.
The Ministry of Labour recently tweeted that over 1 crore unorganised workers have registered on the e-shram portal. The Ministry has also released a data showcasing top 10 states that have taken a lead in the registration. In this, Bihar tops the chart with 26,16,873 registrations and Maharashtra with 3,43,511 registrations.
The Ministry of Labour tweeted: “Registration of Unorganised Workers picks up momentum across the nation. Let’s have a look at the Top 10 states leading in registrations on e-SHRAM Portal.”
The Centre has developed an e-SHRAM portal, which will be seeded with their Aadhaar cards.
The registered workers under the eSHRAM portal, will be enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and premium for the first year will be borne by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India
More than 38 crore unorganised workers (UW) in the country will be registered under one portal. The registration under the e-SHRAM portal is totally free and workers do not have to pay anything for his or her registration at Common Service Centres (CSCs), or Regional Offices of State Government. There are no income criteria for registering on eSHRAM as unorganised worker. However, he/she should not be an income tax payee.
They can also directly register through e-SHRAM portal eshram.gov.in. The bank details are being captured to ensure hassle-free delivery of benefits under social security schemes or any benefits by the Central/State government directly to the worker’s account. There will be no deduction from worker’s bank account after registration.
Process for Labour Shramik Card Registration
To register the e-SHRAM portal, login to the official website at eshram.gov.in.
Click on the ‘Register on e-SHRAM’ link on the home page.
Enter the Aadhaar-linked mobile number and captcha code and click on send OTP.
Follow the subsequent instructions to complete the registration process.
Please note that if a worker does not have Aadhaar-linked mobile number, then he/ she can visit the nearest CSC and register through Biometric authentication.
The workers should have Aadhaar Number, Aadhaar-linked mobile number and bank account number to register for the e-SHRAM portal.
