New Delhi, Nov 21 (UNI) More than half of the 8.43 crore unorganised sector workers registered on the e-Shram portal of the government are from agriculture sector followed by construction.
As of 20th November 2021, the top five occupational categories for workers registered on e-Shram portal are agriculture (53.2%), construction (12.1%) domestic and household workers (8.8%) apparel (6.3%) and capital goods and manufacturing (3.3%).
"Agriculture is the main occupation for more than half of all registered workers. Further two important sub-categories of agriculture workers are ‘Crop Farm Labourers’ and ‘Field Crop and Vegetable growers’ (with nearly 20 lakhs registrations on 20th November 2021)," said a press release from Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The top five occupational categories of women unorganised sector workers registered on the portal are agriculture (2.1 crores), domestic and household workers (71 lakhs), apparel (46 lakhs), construction (23 lakhs) and miscellaneous (17.98 lakhs).
Correspondingly, the top five occupational categories for male workers are agriculture (2.3 crores), construction (78 lakhs), automobile & transportation (22.1 lakhs), capital goods and manufacturing (18.9 lakhs) and miscellaneous (7.7 lakhs), the ministry data showed.
Age-group wise composition of unorganised sector workers registered at the portal in the last 12 weeks shows that the workers in the age group of ‘18-40’ have the highest share, followed by those in the age-group ‘40-50’.
Gender-wise analysis of e-Shram portal registrations indicates that during the first six weeks after the launch of the portal, among the workers getting registered, the share of male workers was slightly higher (more than 51%). However, in the last six weeks the share of female workers has become higher as compared to the male workers.
"Thus, a shift is being observed in more female workers as compared to the male workers getting registered on the portal. By 20th November, out of the total registrations, 48.2% (4,06,86,429) were male workers and 51.8 % (4,37,00,713) female workers," said the Labour ministry.
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