Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday launched “eShram – One Stop Solution” portal, or eShram 2.0, which aims to integrate more central schemes on its platform for providing social security coverage to unorganised workers.
During the launch, Mandaviya said that “every day, around 60,000 to 90,000 workers are joining the eShram platform, which demonstrates their confidence in this initiative,” as per an official release.
He said that the primary purpose of the eShram-One Stop Solution is to simplify the registration process for unorganised workers and facilitate their access to government welfare schemes. “This platform will act as a bridge, connecting the workers to the numerous benefits offered by the government and making the registration process easier and more transparent,” he added.
Mandaviya emphasised that onboarding to the platform will enable workers to access a wide range of social security and welfare initiatives launched by the government, aimed at improving their livelihoods and ensuring their well-being.
Sushri Shobha Karandlaje emphasised on the integration of State Governments portal with eShram in order to ensure last mile connectivity. This initiative will also help in ensuring saturation of the schemes through identification of left-out potential beneficiaries, State/ District-wise, she added.
One Stop Solution entails consolidating and integrating data from various Central Ministries/ Departments into a single repository. Key welfare schemes such as One Nation One Ration Card, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, National Social Assistance Programme, National Career Service, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan etc. have been integrated with eShram, and onboarding of other welfare schemes is also in progress, the release said.
eShram portal was launched by Ministry of Labour & Employment on 26th August 2021, and more than 30 crore workers have already registered themselves on eShram in a span of 3 years.