Mansukh Mandaviya launches e-Shram portal in all 22 Scheduled Languages
MeitY's Bhashini was used to expand the portal from four languages to 22.
Summary
Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the multilingual functionality of the e-Shram portal at an event in New Delhi on 7 January 2025, making the portal available in all 22 Scheduled Languages. The e-Shram upgrade used MeitY's Bhashini project; the earlier version was available only in English, Hindi, Kannada and Marathi. The minister said the portal records over 30,000 registrations a day by unorganised workers and facilitates access to twelve Central Government schemes.
Key facts
- Date and place
- 7 January 2025, New Delhi
- Launched by
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Languages
- All 22 Scheduled Languages
- Technology
- MeitY's Bhashini project
- Earlier languages
- English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi
- Usage
- 30,000+ registrations a day; access to 12 Central schemes
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which MeitY project was used to make the e-Shram portal available in all 22 Scheduled Languages on 7 January 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Bhashini
PIB (Labour): MeitY's Bhashini project was leveraged to upgrade the e-Shram portal to 22 languages.
Before the January 2025 upgrade, the e-Shram portal was available in English, Hindi and which two other languages?
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Correct answer: A — Kannada and Marathi
PIB (Labour): the previous version was available only in English, Hindi, Kannada and Marathi.
Access to how many Central Government schemes had been facilitated through the e-Shram portal, as stated on 7 January 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Twelve
PIB (Labour): access to twelve schemes of the Government of India has been facilitated through the e-Shram portal.