Bokaro Deputy commissioner Kuldeep Choudhary said on Tuesday that Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has initiated “e sharam portal” has been launched. Workers working in the unorganised sector will now get the benefits of various schemes of the government after registering on the e shram portal.
Chaudhary said that they are being made aware to register the unorganized workers. This work is being done through the Common Service Center (CSC) under the National Database of Unorganized Workers programme of the Department of Labour and Employment, Government of India and the registration of unorganized workers on e-shram portal is free.
After registration, unique ID cards of workers and labourers are generated. As soon as this unique ID card is created, the unorganized workers also get the benefit of other welfare schemes given by the government including Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana. The cost of one year will also be borne by the government itself.
After preparing the blueprint of which class the unorganized labor belongs to, the benefit of the social security scheme, which is being run by the ministry and the central-state government, will be easily available.
Through the unique ID card, the various activities of the workers and from which state they are going to which state can also be easily tracked. At the time of disaster, these unorganized workers can be easily helped.
The government will also be able to create employment opportunities and also, if there is a need for any particular class of workers, then through this unique ID, these people will also be informed.
The DC said that for the registration of unorganised workers and labourers, the age of the applicant should be between 16 to 59 years. The applicant should not be a member of any organised group or organisation.
For registration, it is mandatory for the applicant to have Aadhar card number, photocopy of bank passbook and mobile phone number. More information in this regard can be obtained from the office of Labour Department, Block cum Circle Office and local CSC.
The DC said that on the e. shram portal, small farmers, livestock farmers, laborers engaged in agriculture, brick kilns workers, fish sellers, cobblers, house workers, street vendors, newspaper vendors, Carpenters, plumbers, rickshaw and auto rickshaw operators, MGNREGA workers, milk vendors, transferred labour, barbers, workers who are not associated with any organization can all get themselves registered.