e-Shram: 70% informal workers SC, ST, OBCs

On India’s first centralised database of unorganised workers, e-Shram portal, more than 7.86 crore registrations have been done till date. Out of this number, 40.5 percent belong to Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 27.4 percent general category, 23.7 percent scheduled castes ..

Tags: e-Sharm Portal • Informal Workers • National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW) • unorganised sector

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021

NHRC advisories on Bonded Labourers & Migrant Workers

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued advisories on bonded labourers & migrant workers amid covid-19 cases.What are those advisories?Advisories were issued to ministries and states to look after adverse impact of covid-19 on labourers and migrant informal sector workers.NHRC, ..

Tags: COVID-19 • Economic Crisis • Informal Workers • National Human Rights Act • NHRC

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021