The Bhashini-enabled e-Shram Portal is now available in all 22 Scheduled Languages, enhancing accessibility for unorganized workers. Previously, the portal supported only English, Hindi, Kannada, and Marathi.
- The Bhashini AI Tool is a real-time Artificial Intelligence-based translation tool.
- The tool aims to bridge language barriers by delivering content and services in speech and text to citizens in their native language.
Schedules Languages
- Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution: Lists the 22 officially recognized languages of India.
- Significance: Provides official status to these languages, promoting their use and development.
- Additions: Languages have been added to the Eighth Schedule through constitutional amendments over time.
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- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
- The tool is part of the broader National Language Translation Mission (NLTM).
- Bhashini provides AI-based language translation, enabling multilingual support for Indian languages.
- Bhasadaan’ section: Bhasha Daan includes the following categories for citizens to contribute to:
- Suno India: Contribute by typing out audio content or validating transcriptions made by others.
- Bolo India: Donate your voice through sentence recordings. Validate audio recordings contributed by others.
- Likho India: Contribute by translating the provided text. Validate translations submitted by others.
- Dekho India: Contribute by typing text seen or labeling images. Validate images contributed by others.
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About e-Shram Portal
- Aim: The e-Shram Portal seeks to provide seamless access to various social security schemes for unorganized workers registered on the portal.
- Integrated Welfare Schemes: The platform currently integrates key welfare schemes such as:
- One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC).
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
- National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP).
- National Career Service (NCS).
- Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PMSYM).
- Launch and Development
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- The e-Shram Portal was launched in August 2021 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- It has registered over 30 crore unorganized workers.
- The portal aims to register and create a comprehensive National Database of Unorganized Workers.
- Integration with National Career Service (NCS): e-Shram has been integrated with the NCS Portal.
- Using their Universal Account Number (UAN), a 12-digit unique number, unorganized workers can register on the NCS and search for suitable job opportunities.
January 9, 2025
