Over 21 lakh migrant workers from West Bengal have applied for enrolment in the Karmasathi Parijayee Shramik portal, a government database that maintains records of migrant workers from the State, with more than 18 lakh applications digitised on the website.
The State government has recently launched a special drive for registration of migrant workers in the portal.
“Through this special drive, 8,17,020 migrant workers were approached. They are being registered through the Karmasathi Parijayee Shramik portal. Of the 21,58,016 applications received during the campaign, 18,01,415 applications have already been digitised,” a press statement by the West Bengal government said.
