Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched new features in eShram portal to facilitate ease of registration for unorganised workers in New Delhi on Monday. The launch of these new features in the presence of Labour and Employment Secretary Arti Ahuja and other Senior officers of the Ministry will enhance the utility of the portal and facilitate ease of registration for unorganised workers and the eShram registered workers can now connect with employment opportunities, skilling, apprenticeship, pension scheme, digital skilling and States’ schemes through eShram portal.

Minister also formally launches Data Sharing Portal (DSP) for sharing of eShram data with the State and UT Governments. The feature of capturing family details of migrant worker has been added to the eShram portal. This can help in providing child education, women centric schemes to the migrant workers who have migrated with family.

This apart, a new feature on sharing of data of construction workers registering on eShram with the concerned Building and Other Construction Workers’ (BOCW) Welfare Board, has been added to ensure registration of eShram construction workers with the respective BOCW board and access to the schemes meant for them.