This will significantly broaden formal job access, support high-growth sectors, and enable India to develop a skilled workforce not only for domestic demand but also for the world, strengthening pathways for international mobility of Indian professionals and youth.
The Haryana government’s labour department successfully concluded a state-wide special registration drive from April 7 to April 17, aimed at bringing gig workers, platform-based workers, and other unorganised sector employees under the ambit of the e-Shram portal.
More than 30.68 crore unorganised workers are registered on e-Shram Portal while women constitute 53.68 per cent of the registrations, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
The Centre has invited platform aggregators to register themselves and their workers on e-Shram Portal.
As per live data so far 4.09 crore workers have registered on the portal. “Of these around 50.02% beneficiaries are female and 49.98% are male. It is encouraging that an equivalent proportion of men and women have been part of this drive,” said a senior officer of the Labour Ministry.
The portal was launched on August 26 and within a month its registration crossed 1.71 crore half of which include female workers, said a senior officer of the Labour Ministry here on Sunday.
Shram Shakti Bhavan houses several Ministries of the Union Government and the number of unorganized workers in the Bhavan was estimated at over 80.
