Labour Shramik Card Registration news: The Centre rolled out a national database for unorganised workers for the overall welfare of crores of these workers of the country. Now, these workers are queuing up to register on the e-shram portal eshram.gov.in.  

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The official Twitter handle of Common Services Centres, a government of India entity working under Ministry of Electronics and IT, has asked people to not to use same mobile number for multiple e-Shram registrations.  

It further informed that one mobile number can be used for a maximum of 3 registrations and warned that CSC IDs of VLEs doing multiple registrations with the same number will be blocked and they will not receive the commission.

e-Shram is a centralized database of unorganized workers seeded with Aadhaar. e-Shram Portal was launched on August 26, 2021 and the government also provides e-Shram card to the workers.

It can be noted that the workers from the unorganized sectors can register on the e-Shram portal by logging in to the official website at eshram.gov.in. Registration can also be done via Common Service Centres (CSC) and by State Government field offices in districts/Sub-districts.

Steps to register
1. Login to the official website at eshram.gov.in.

2. Click on the 'Register on e-SHRAM' link which is present on the home page.

3. Enter the Aadhaar linked mobile number and captcha code and click on send OTP.

4. Follow the subsequent instructions to complete the registration process.

It can be noted that if a worker does not have Aadhaar linked mobile number, he/ she can visit nearest CSC’s and register through Biometric authentication.

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Documents Required

Those registering for the e-Shram require documents like Aadhaar Number, Aadhaar linked mobile number and bank account number.

Benefits
After registering, the unorganized worker will get an Accidental Insurance cover of 2 Lakhs under PMSBY. In future, all the social security benefits of unorganized workers will be delivered through this portal. In emergency and national pandemic like situations, this database may be utilized to provide necessary assistance to the eligible unorganized workers.