eSHRAM registrations contact 25 crore: Bhupender Yadav

Registrations on e-Shram portal, the database for unorganised sector staff, have reached 25 crore, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav on Monday mentioned. The minister additionally launched the ‘Donate-a-Pension’ initiative below the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) pension scheme, the place the citizen can donate the premium contribution of their rapid help workers equivalent to home staff, drivers, helpers, caregivers, nurses, of their family or institution.

Under ‘Donate-a-Pension’, the donor will pay a contribution on behalf of his/her worker for any size of time, with the minimal donation quantity at Rs 660 and most upto Rs 2400 per yr relying on the age of the beneficiary. The PM-SYM scheme, launched in 2019 to offer a month-to-month assured pension of Rs 3000 to unorganized staff, is a co-contributory scheme and the premium ranges from Rs 55 to Rs 200 monthly. The equal matching contribution is offered by the central authorities.

Yadav additionally acknowledged that the eSHRAM portal has been linked to the federal government’s UMANG app, which supplies entry to central and state authorities companies, and National Career Services (NCS) portal. In August 2021, the minister had launched the e-Shram portal to create a database of staff within the unorganised sector, estimated to be round 38 crore. Through the portal, the federal government goals to register unorganised sector staff equivalent to development labourers, migrant workforce, avenue distributors and home staff.