Workers in the informal economy are estimated to contribute nearly 50% to the country’s gross domestic product or GDP, a measure of incomes and output.
The Union government is likely to launch by next week a digitized platform for migrant workers that will enable authorities to direct state-run benefits to them and intervene during crises.
The platform will allow migrants to register themselves. Registered workers will get a unique ID. The CSCs are points of access to a host of government digital services across the country.
According to the first official cited above, the portal is similar to a platform launched last month by the Gujarat government for ‘building and construction’ category workers so that they can access the state’s welfare schemes.
