Understanding the E-Shram Card Benefits for Workers

E-Shram Card

As on 26th November 2024, over 30.42 crore unorganised workers have registered on eShramportal and received their E-Shram Card.

For providing benefits, eShram portal is integrated/mapped with the following portal/schemes: 

1. The National Career Service (NCS) Portal. An unorganised worker can register on NCS using his/ her Universal Account Number (UAN) and search for suitable job opportunities. An option/link on the eShram portal allows the registrants to seamlessly register on NCS using their E-Shram Card.
2. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM). PM-SYM is a pension scheme for unorganised workers between 18-40 years. It provides a monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- after attaining the age of 60 years. Using UAN any unorganised worker can easily enrol under PMSYM. In the scheme, the Government of India bears 50 percent of the contribution and the worker contributes the rest. 
3. eShram card has provisions to capture family details of migrant workers.
4. The eShram portal has the provision to share the construction workers’ data with States/Union Territories to facilitate their registration in respective Building and other Construction Workers (BoCW) boards.
5. To provide skill enhancement and apprenticeship opportunities to unorganised workers, eShram card has been integrated with Skill India Digital portal of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
6. eShram is also integrated with myScheme portal. myScheme is a National Platform that aims to offer one-stop search and discovery of the Government schemes. It provides an innovative, technology-based solution to discover scheme information based upon the eligibility of the citizen.

One-Stop-Solution

In keeping with the vision of the Budget Announcement recently on developing eShram card as a One-Stop-Solution for unorganised labour to have access to various social sector schemes, Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the eShram– “One- Stop-Solution” on 21st October 2024. The E-Shram card thus acts as a “One-Stop-Solution” for unorganised workers. eShram– “One-Stop-Solution” entails integration of different Social Security/ Welfare schemes at a single portal i.e., eShram. This enables unorganised workers registered on eShram to access social security schemes and see benefits availed by them so far, through eShram card.

So far, different Central Ministries / Departments have already integrated or mapped twelve schemes with the eShram portal. This includes the following:

• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
• Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
• Prime Minister Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM-SVANidhi)
• PM Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U)
• PM Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G)
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

Reference and Additional Information

Ministry of Labour and Employment: eShram

eShram Card Registration

Press Information Bureau: eShram Card

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