Context :
PM to launch e-Shram card, Centre seeks CTUs’
co-operation /
Business Line / 25 Aug 2021
Extract :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
launch e-Shram card on Thursday, to benefit over 38 crore workers in the unorganised sector.
Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav
met representatives of Central Trade Unions on Tuesday and requested cooperation for registering workers in the e-Shram portal, the national
database for unorganised sector workers.
The Universal Account Number on e-Shram card will be acceptable across the country. The
officials in the Ministry told Trade Unions that the workers will not have to register at multiple
places.
All registered workers will be covered under the Accidental Insurance Coverage of PMSBY for a year. An amount of ₹2 lakh for accidental death and permanent disability and ₹1 lakh for partial disability will be provided for the workers. The Centre said all social security benefits of unorganised workers will be delivered through this portal.
The Centre is extending one time
financial assistance to the States/UTs under e-Shram
for setting up of procurement of IT infrastructure and State helpdesk.
At the time of registration, Aadhaar Number and Bank Account Details of the workers will be added in the card.
The Ministry also requested trade unions to mobilise their workers for registration in the portal.
Their help is sought also for
creating awareness amongst the prospective beneficiaries and motivate them for
registration.
Unorganised
workers, BOCW Workers, SHG members, domestic
workers, ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers, street vendors, rickshaw-pullers,
brick-kiln workers, agricultural labourers, MGNREGA workers, fishermen,
shopkeepers and small retailers can register in the website.
QUESTIONS :
Ø Getting 38 Crore ( 380 million
) unorganized workers to “ Register on a Portal “, is no mean task
Ø It took Google / Facebook / Twitter etc., decades to
get that many ( educated ) Indians to register on their websites
Ø How many “ unorganized workers
“ have Desktop / Tablet, at home ?
Mostly, none
Ø How many of them have got a Smartphone
to access “ e-Shram Portal “ ? Very few
Ø How many of them have a Feature phone ? Almost all
Ø How many of these workers can use ENGLISH language for entering their data in e-Shram portal ?
Ø How many DATA-FIELDS are there to be entered in Registration Form ?
Ø For how many data-fields, have long “ DROP-LISTS “ from which
to select correct values ?
Ø Does the Registration Form permit “ data entry “ in
all 14 major Indian languages ?
ANSWERS :
Ø
I
found most of the answers when I spent 10 minutes, watching the following
video, very carefully :
https://youtu.be/NleWWDv4mAE?t=207
e-SHRAM
Card Registration LIVE Process II CSC VLE New UW Register Step By Step Full
Process 2021
3,515 views Aug 24, 2021
Ø
Here
is what I found ( but difficult to grasp ) following
SECTIONS, as far as the REGISTRATION
FORM is concerned :
# e-Kyc ………………….Aadhar No / Captcha / Yes-No ( 2 items ) / Capture
Finger print – IRIS – OTP –
# Confirmation ( ? )…Name / DOB / Add / Gendre / Locality / District /
State / PIN / Country
# Personal Information…………. .....10 data-fields ( with
several drop-lists )
# Resi. data……………………………. 6 data-fields
#
Edu.Quali. data……………………….4 data
fields
#
Occupation
& Skill data………… 6 data fields
#
Bank details…………………………… 6 data fields
#
Review / Self
Declaration
#
UAN Card Issue
Ø
The
entire form is in ENGLISH – and very difficult to understand ( not intuitive ),
even when the above-mentioned Youtube Video was viewed on my 27” desk top
screen !
Ø
I think,
it would be very difficult to show-up on a tiny screen of a Smartphone
IS THERE ANYTHING SMART ABOUT THIS FORM ?
Yes
That very first stage
of e-KYC
By insisting on
Aadhar No / Finger Print Capture or IRIS , it will ensure that,
# A
person cannot register twice ( duplication avoided )
#
There cannot be a FAKE registration ( of a non-existent person )
I suggest there is
provision for a person’s E Mail ID ( not mandatory )
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS ?
Ø
I
suggest Central Labour Ministry undertake Online Training ( on how to help
workers fill in the Registration Form ) for :
# 2.5 lakh CSCs
owner-operators
# Labour Union
Leaders
Why they will be eager to “ get trained “ is explained
below
WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO GET ALL 38 CRORE TO
REGISTER WITHIN A MONTH ?
Simple
Ø Introduce a “ Motivator Incentive “ of Rs 100 per person
motivated to register
Ø This will require adding a SECTION called “ MOTIVATOR DATA “, right at the beginning ( before
e-KYC section )
Ø This section will require a MOTIVATOR to enter
following details about himself :
# Name
#
Aadhar Number
#
DOB
#
UAN Number / Scanned image of his e-Shram card
#
Bank Account No ( submitted while he himself registered )
Ø
This
means : Only a person who has himself registered successfully – and got his
e-Shram Card – can act as a “ Motivator “
Ø
A
motivator will ask the aspirant to sit next to him and say,
“ Hey, as I read aloud each data-field ( in your
language ), you tell me the correct answer – which I will enter in the
Registration Form “
Ø
If
the motivator succeeds in submitting the completed Registration Form and get
UAN / e-Shram Card image for that aspirant, then the government transfers Rs
100 into his bank account ( by DBT )
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ?
A miracle !
Ø
Each
person getting registered / obtaining his UAN – Shram Card , will go out and
convince 10 other workers ( colleagues ) to register – each time , submitting
himself as a MOTIVATOR ! He will earn Rs 100 X 10 = Rs 1,000 , for his effort (
may be, within one day ! )
Ø
This
beneficial PONZI SCHEME will start a CHAIN REACTION as follows, if each person
motivates 10 persons :
Stage
/ Number of Persons getting
Registered
1
/ Ten
2
/ Hundred
3
/ Thousand
4
/ Ten Thousand
5
/ One Lakh
6
/ Ten Lakh
7 / One
Crore
8 / Ten
Crore
9
/ Hundred Crore
HOW MUCH WOULD THIS COST THE GOVERNMENT ?
Rs 100 x 38 Crore
registrations = Rs 3,800 Crore
Not a big price to
pay for such a speedy compilation
IS THERE SOME WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN RE-COVER THIS
COST ?
Sure
First of all, by
eliminating all duplicates / fakes, government will save “ leakages “ worth
thousands of crore of rupees in its various DBT Schemes meant for these Unorganized
Workers
Same will hold for
any new benefit schemes “ targeted “ for unorganized workers
Aggregated / Anonymized
DATA-BASES ( of demographic profiles ) can be sold to private sector entities
ISN’T IT TOO LATE FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS CONSIDERING
THAT PM WILL LAUNCH THE PORTAL TOMORROW ?
No
It cannot take more
than a week to implement my suggestions
At the time of
launching, a simple announcement of the MOTIVATOR SCHEME ( giving a target date
),will ensure that a large number of persons ( desirous of becoming MOTIVATORS
), will start registering immediately
Dear Shri
Modiji,
My suggestion will
ensure success of e-Shram
With regards,
Hemen parekh / hcp@recruitGuru.com
/ 25 Aug 2021
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