e-Shram portal

e-Shram portal

Part of: Prelims and GS II – Policies and interventions 

Context The Centre’s e-Shram portal crossed the 15-crore mark recently.

• Uttar Pradesh sees the highest number of enrolments at 31.6 lakh.

e-Shram portal 

• It is a portal through which the government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. 
• Ministry: Ministry of Labour & Employment
• The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12-digit unique number, which, going ahead, will help in including them in social security schemes.
• Registration at E-shram will facilitate unorganized workers to get the benefits of various social security and employment-based schemes

Place in news: Latakia port

• An Israeli air strike hit Syria’s Latakia port
• Since the outbreak of Syria’s civil war in 2011, Israel has routinely carried out air strikes on its strife-torn neighbour