#30 India's Social Registry of Informal Workers

In India, the government has set a huge undertaking: to register 380 million informal workers on a new database, so that it could allow the delivery of social security payments. This database, called e-Shram, was launched in August 2021. But, of course, this initiative was followed by a range of doubts, problems and barriers that has been hindering the implementation of this social registry system. To help us better understand the e-Shram – the promises, shortcomings, challenges, and most importantly, the Indian context – we invited Avi Majithia. Avi is WIEGO’s Delhi Focal City coordinator and holds a master’s degree in Regulatory Governance from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (in Mumbai, India), and works closely with informal worker’s organizations in Delhi. *Our theme music is Focus from AA Aalto (Creative Commons) References e-Shram official website: Article 14: "The Incomplete Project Of E-Shram, India’s Database Of Unorganised Workers" Scroll.In: "e-Shram: All you need to know about India’s first centralised database for unorganised workers" India Spend: "No Documents, No Benefits: How India’s Invisible Workforce Is Left To Fend For Itself" The New Leam: "Lack of Documents and Registration Deprive India’s Migrant Class of State Offered Benefits & Welfare Schemes" Hindustan Times: "Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress" WIEGO Delhi Focal City webpage:

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This episode was published on Dec 2, 2022.

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