NEWS : Union Labour and Employment Ministry is working on a mechanism to process accident insurance claims by unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram portal

E-SHRAM

FOR MAINS

ISSUES WITH E SHRAM

• Tedious Process due gigantic nature of registering each worker
• Data Security issues
• By excluding workers covered by EPF and ESI, lakhs of contract and fixed-term contract workers will be excluded from the universe of UW. 
• Gig workers are included by the Labour ministry while they are excluded by the other three Labour Codes creating legal confusions over the classification of gig/platform workers.
• Union chalks out the plan but states have to implement it. Differences in state capacities can create hurdles in the implementation.
• Middle service agencies such as Internet providers might charge exorbitant charges to register and print the E-Shram cards