28.64 crore unorganised workers registered on eShram portal

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Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that as on 10th March 2023, a total of 28.64 crore unorganised workers have been registered on eShram portal. State wise registration in eShram portal is annexed.

In the written reply it was stated that as on 31st March 2022 a total of around 3250 representations have been lodged in the Grievance Management System claiming for accidental deaths/ disability by eShram registrants.

Ministry has taken several steps to provide benefits to eShram registrants such as:

  1. The eShram portal is integrated with National Career Service (NCS) Portal. Till date over 13 Lakhs eShram job seekers have registered on NCS portal.
  2. eShram is also integrated with Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM). PM-SYM is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme for unorganised sector workers who are aged between 18-40 years. eShram registered users can seamlessly get benefit of PMSYM Scheme.
  3. eShram registrant, who is registered on NCS can avail Digital skills training which is free of cost.