The labour ministry, on Thursday, unveiled the National Database for Unorgansied Workers or e-Shram portal, which is a single platform for registering over 380 million unorganised workers including migrant workers and gig and platform workers. Individuals registering at the portal will get an accidental cover of Rs 2 lakh for a year, the cost for which will be borne by the Centre.
All informal sector and gig workers enrolling on the portal will be allotted a 12-digit universal account number (UAN) and a card that will allow portability of schemes and flow of welfare benefits to these workers.
While registering, a worker will need to mandatorily share their Aadhaar details, primary occupation, home state and host state address, and bank account details as well as educational qualifications and skill sets. Registration could be done through any of the four lakh common service centres across India or on a mobile.
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