Chennai, Aug 21 (BPNS)

BJP Mahila Morcha national president and Member of Legislative Assembly from Coimbatore, Vanathi Sreenivasan has urged the state government to create a database of workers in the unorganized sector.

Vanathi was speaking to reporters after distributing e-Shram and Ayushman Bharath scheme identity cards to a few beneficiaries on Sunday at Coimbatore.

She called upon the Tamil Nadu government to conduct special registration camps to felicitate the registration of workforce in unorganized sector through e-shram portal.

The BJP leader urged the state government not to view schemes that are beneficial to a large number of people through a narrow lens on whether it is a central government scheme or a state government scheme. Vanathi Sreenivasan called upon the state government to implement the scheme without any partisanship.

She said that the central government was planning to register more than 38 crore workers to create a national-level database. The BJP leader said that the family member of a registered worker in the unorganized sector can avail of a compensation of Rs 2 lakh in case of death or permanent disability. In the case of a partial disability for an employee registered with the e-shram portal, he/ she will get Rs 1 lakh as compensation.