To achieve desired goals, the Union Government is working on a data bank of migrants and coming out with a digital platform for migrant workers.
The government of India is planning to launch a big awareness programme for migrant workers so that they can avail of the schemes launched for them. To achieve desired goals, the Union Government is working on a data bank of migrants and coming out with a digital platform for migrant workers.
The platform is likely to be launched in the coming weeks.
Under the awareness programme, the government would exhort the workers to register on the portal based on their work statuses, such as construction workers, migrant workers, gig and platform workers, street vendors, and domestic, agriculture and migrant workers. It would also have other sub-groups of unorganised workers.
India has a vast majority of workers in the informal sector. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) finds 90 per cent of workers in the informal sector. It means that out of 465 million workers, 419 million are in the informal sector.
The database is likely to be operational in August, the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment informed Parliament recently. It will have sector-wise details of the unorganised workers, including construction workers, migrant workers, gig and platform workers, street vendors, and domestic, agriculture and migrant workers. It would also have other sub-groups of unorganised workers.
The database will have details of the different social sector and welfare schemes run by the Centre and states targeting those in the unorganised sector.
With this, the workers will be able to get the benefits of the government programmes by registering online and selecting the benefits.
India has a vast majority of workers in the informal sector. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) finds 90 per cent of workers in the informal sector. It means that out of 465 million workers, 419 million are in the informal sector.
