Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya has announced the launch of a platform called e-Shram-One Stop Solution to facilitate access to various social security and welfare schemes for unorganized workers in India.
e-Shram
- Origin: e-Shram was launched on August 26, 2021, with the aim of providing a comprehensive database of unorganized workers and facilitating their access to welfare schemes.
- Objective: The platform acts as a one-stop solution for unorganized workers by integrating information and providing easy access to social security and welfare schemes.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Features
- Integration: e-Shram integrates information from 12 central schemes, helping unorganized workers to avail benefits from various government initiatives.
- Platform: The platform simplifies the process of identifying eligible workers and saturating scheme benefits, thereby helping unorganized workers.
- Enrollment Success: By October 2024, more than 30 crore unorganized workers have registered on this platform, which shows its popularity and success.
- Social Impact: With the help of e-Shram, awareness about welfare schemes among unorganized workers has improved, leading to better coverage and support for this vulnerable sector.
Ministry of Labor and Employment
- The Ministry of Labor and Employment is an important and ancient ministry of the Government of India, which works to protect, develop, and ensure social security of the interests of workers in the country.
Responsibilities of the Ministry
- Protection of the interests of workers: The main function of the ministry is to protect the interests of the deprived and marginalized sections, especially the poor.
- Boosting production and productivity: The ministry works towards creating a healthy work environment for higher production and productivity.
- Vocational Skill Training: Vocational skill training is promoted through coordination of development and employment services.
- Social Security: The Ministry focuses on providing social security to workers in both organised and unorganised sectors.
- Implementation of Labour Laws: It functions to regulate the conditions of employment of workers through the implementation of various labour laws.
Mission of the Ministry
The mission of the Ministry is to improve the quality of life of workers, which includes the following
- Improvement of Working Conditions: Implementation of policies and programmes to regulate the conditions of safety and health of workers.
- Elimination of Child Labour: Implementation of schemes to eliminate child labour from hazardous occupations.
- Promotion of Skill Development and Employment Services: Strengthening processes and enforcement of labour laws to promote skill development and employment services.
Organization of Ministry of Labour
- Central Board of Workers Education (CBWE)
- Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC)
- Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET)
- Directorate General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institute (DGFASLI)
- Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS)
- Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
- Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
- Labour Bureau