Today the Modi government will launch the e-shram portal. About 38 crore workers will benefit from this initiative taken by the Union Ministry of Labor and Employment. Apart from construction workers, this includes migrant workers, street vendors and domestic workers.
Toll free number and card also issued: A national toll free number 14434 will also be started to help the workers. Through this you can register. Under this initiative, workers will be issued an e-shram card, which will have a unique 12-digit number. E-shram card will give a new identity to crores of unorganized workers of the country. The e-shram card will be valid across the country.
ई-श्रम कार्ड से देश के करोड़ों असंगठित कामगारों को एक नई पहचान मिलेगी। पूरे देश में ई-श्रम कार्ड मान्य होगा।#ShramevJayate pic.twitter.com/R0szfKWJcR
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According to the Union Ministry of Labor and Employment, this step has been taken by the government to prepare a database of workers in the unorganized sector. The move is aimed at integrating the social security schemes of the government. The details of workers will also be shared by the state governments and departments. Let us inform that on Tuesday, Labor Minister Bhupendra Yadav had released the logo of the e-shram portal.
Why was it needed: Let us tell you that last year due to CoronaAfter the lockdown , a large number of workers had returned home. There was a crisis of livelihood of the workers. After this development, emphasis was placed on preparing the database. However, there has also been considerable delay in preparing the database. These shortcomings were also seen in the second wave of Corona. This is the reason why the Supreme Court had asked the central government to prepare the database at the earliest, so that the social welfare or other needs of the laborers could be easily met.
