Context: Recently, Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports launched the “eShram – One Stop Solution” in New Delhi.

About eShram – One Stop Solution

• The One Stop Solution involves consolidating and integrating data from various Central Ministries and Departments into a unified repository, in line with the recent Budget announcement and the Ministry of Labour and Employment’s 100-day agenda.

• Objective of eShram – One Stop Solution: The new platform aims to simplify and provide seamless access to various social security schemes for unorganised workers registered on the eShram portal.

• It serves as a bridge between workers and government welfare schemes, making registration and access easier and more transparent.

Key features of the Platform

• i)  It consolidates and integrates data from various Central Ministries and Departments into a single repository.

• ii)  Major welfare schemes, such as One Nation One Ration Card, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Social Assistance Programme, National Career Service, and Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan, have already been integrated.

• iii) The integration of additional schemes is ongoing.

• Government Collaboration: The initiative reflects a “whole of government” approach, as demonstrated by the numerous meetings held with concerned ministries to integrate their social security and welfare schemes with eShram during the first 100 days of the new government.

• Platform Reach: Since its initial launch on August 26, 2021, the eShram portal has registered more than 30 crore unorganised workers over the last three years.