Union Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched the multilingual functionality on the e-Shram portal during an event in New Delhi on Tuesday.
In line with the vision of making e-Shram a 'One-Stop-Solution', the portal will now be available in all 22 Scheduled Languages, the Ministry of Labour and Employment stated in a release.
The event, attended by the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and several senior officials, marked another milestone in the Government’s efforts to provide comprehensive social protection to unorganised workers in the country.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MEITY) Bhashini project has been used to upgrade the e-Shram portal with 22 languages. The previous version was available only in English, Hindi, Kannada, and Marathi.
In his address, Mandaviya highlighted the growing trust in the e-Shram platform, revealing that the portal records an average of over 30,000 registrations per day by unorganised workers.
The Union Minister urged all unorganised workers to register on the e-Shram portal to avail themselves of the benefits of various government schemes designed to support their welfare, livelihood, and well-being.
He emphasised that registration on the portal would facilitate access to a broad range of social security schemes and initiatives.
As of now, access to twelve government schemes has been facilitated through the e-Shram portal. To enhance outreach and ensure a seamless and user-centric experience, Dr Mandaviya mentioned that the engagement of mediators such as Common Service Centres, Bank Correspondents, Post Offices, MY Bharat volunteers, and others will be explored.
Sumita Dawra, Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, elaborated that the Ministry has been working to enable e-Shram as a 'One-Stop Solution' for seamless access to government schemes tailored for the welfare and social protection of unorganised workers.
She informed that efforts are underway to integrate all relevant social security and welfare schemes with the e-Shram portal, including programmes from state governments.
The registration of Building and Other Construction Workers (BoCW) and gig and platform workers on the e-Shram portal is ongoing in mission mode.
The Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, also mentioned that the launch of an e-Shram Mobile App, the introduction of a Single Common Application Form for single sign-on, and integration with payment gateways to simplify access to social protection benefits, are some of the next initiatives in the pipeline.
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