e SHRAM Portal for Registration of Unorganized Workers
- Recently e-Shram portal has been started for the registration of unorganized workers.
- The Ministry of Labor and Employment has launched Shram Portal – a national database of unorganized workers.
- According to the Economic Survey (Year 2018-19), 93 percent of India’s total workforce is employed in the unorganized sector.
- It is to be noted that most of them are deprived of any social security benefits like pension, insurance etc.
Key Features:
- An e-Shram card with Universal Account Number (UAN) will be issued to all registered workers to provide benefits of various social security schemes of the government (like Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana).
- A provision of Rs 2 lakh in case of death or permanent physical disability and Rs 1 lakh in case of partial disability has been made.
- This database will act as a reference point for officials to identify and reach out to workers in the unorganized sector and provide them relief in times of crisis.
- The Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008 was passed by the Parliament of India on 30 December 2008. The objective of this act is to provide social security and welfare to the unorganized sector. Central government and state government have made various schemes related to life, disability, old age, housing, education, employment etc. These schemes are funded by the central and state government. This act is applicable to the whole of India, especially to the unorganized sector. For the implementation of the law, the government has constituted National Social Security Board and State Social Security Board.
- Related headlines Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-SYM), which was launched as a pension scheme for the unorganized sector, reached a point of stagnation in the current fiscal with only 15,283 new enrollments of workers.
- PM-SYM provides a minimum fixed pension of Rs 3000 per month after the age of 60 years.
- The entry age is 18 years and the facility of family pension is also available to the spouse on the death of the subscriber.
- It is a scheme based on coordinated cooperation. In this, an amount equal to the contribution of the subscriber is also given by the government.
Eligibility: The person concerned should not be involved in any such government scheme like National Pension System (NPS), Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) etc and should not be an income tax payer.
Source – The Hindu
