China’s Hukou system is an internal passport mechanism classifying citizens as rural or urban, tying welfare access to registered localities.
Click to View MoreThe Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025 to empower the workforce by extending social security to unorganized and gig workers, promoting skill development, and ensuring safe workplaces. It leverages technology to build a future-ready labor force, promoting inclusive growth, and shifts from welfare-based to rights-based worker empowerment for economic progress.
Click to View MoreMigrant workers, vital to the Indian economy, face poverty, no social security, and poor living conditions, which worsened during COVID-19. Despite laws like the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, implementation lags. The solution lies in robust legal frameworks, tech like ONORC and e-Shram, and a National Migrant Labour Policy for their rights and dignity.
Click to View MoreThe Ministry of Labour & Employment has registered over 30.95 crore unorganised workers on the eShram portal, linking with Aadhaar. The platform allows workers to self-declare their occupation, address, educational qualifications, skill sets, and family details. Successful registration grants them a 12 digit unique Universal Account Number (UAN) e-Shram Card.
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