Over 1.71 crore workers from the unorganised sector have been registered on the e-Shram portal in the last one month since its launch on August 26, 2021.
"Completion of one month of launch of e-Shram portal marks with the registration of more than 1.71 crores workers from the unorganised sector and in unorganised employment," a Labour Ministry statement said.
As of September 25, the statement said, as many as 1,71,59,743 workers have registered on the portal.
The e-Shram portal was inaugurated on August 26, 2021 by the Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav. The portal is the first-ever national database of unorganised workers including migrant workers, construction workers, gig and platform workers.
It facilitates extending benefits of social sector schemes to the workers in the unorganised sector. The data shows that the drive has strengthened with the mobilisation of workers achieving a greater mile each week. In this first week, 13.55 lakh informal workers registered on the portal. Compared to the 2nd week with over 19.52 lakh registration, in the third and the fourth week, the enrolments gained exponentially.
In week 4, over 69.53 lakh workers registered on the e-Shram portal while it was 68.97 lakh in third week.