(1)

(a) Every unorganised worker, who has completed sixteen years of age shall be required to be registered under section 113, on the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(b) The eligible unorganised worker shall make an application for registration on a self-declaration basis, electronically, with Aadhaar and such other documents and in such form as specified by the Central Government, through general or special order, for that purpose.

(c) The Central Government, shall provide a facility such as mobile app or any other application facilitating the eligible unorganised workers to register themselves on the designated Portal of the Central Government. In order to avail the facility of self-registration, an unorganised worker, shall be required to establish his identity through Aadhaar and other documents as prescribed by the Central Government through general or special order.

(d) It shall be the responsibility of the appropriate Government to register their specific set of eligible unorganised workers within their geographical area of the State/UT or jurisdiction, as the case may be, on the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(e) On completion of registration, such eligible worker, if not already in possession of a Universal Account Number, shall be issued such a number or any other such unique number through the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(f) Every eligible registered unorganised worker shall be issued a digital identity card bearing his photograph and other details as specified by the Central Government for such purpose, through general or special order, and such digital card shall be downloadable from the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(g) In order to be eligible for any benefit under any scheme framed under the Code for unorganised workers, the appropriate Government may notify specific conditions for eligibility, as it deemed fit, in addition to registration on the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(h) The appropriate Government shall access the information from the designated Portal of the Central Government for delivery of benefits of the social security schemes to the eligible unorganised workers.

(i) The eligible unorganised worker, shall be required to update their particulars such as address, occupation, mobile number, skill or any other particulars from time to time, as may be specified by the appropriate Government and in the absence of such updation, any unorganised worker, may not be eligible to avail benefits of the social security schemes notified under the Code and applicable on him.

(j) The services of business correspondents of the Department of Posts, Common Service Centres or e-sewa kendras of the Central Government or the State Government or any other such agency as may be decided by the appropriate Government may be utilised for facilitating the registration, updation of particulars of, and delivery of welfare schemes for, unorganised workers.

(2)

(a)Every gig and platform worker, who has completed sixteen years of age shall be required to be registered with Aadhaar and other documents as prescribed by the Central Government through general or special order, on self-declaration basis under section 113, on a portal designated for the purpose by the Central Government.

(b) Every aggregator shall, within forty-five days from the commencement of these rules, share through Application Programming Interface (API) or other electronic modes, the details of gig and platform workers who are engaged with such aggregator on the designated Portal of the Central Government for the generation of a Universal Account Number or any other such unique number, if such worker is not already in possession of such number.

(c) Every aggregator engaging any new gig and platform worker shall register such worker on the designated Portal of the Central Government in real time or daily basis through Application Programming Interface (API) or other electronic modes. Every Aggregator shall also share the exit details of gig and platform worker registered with them on the designated Portal of the Central Government on a real time or daily basis through Application Programming Interface (API) or other electronic modes.

(d) Every eligible registered gig and platform worker shall be issued an identity card, digital or otherwise, bearing his photograph and other details as specified by the Central Government for such purpose; and such digital card shall be downloadable from the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(e) In order to be eligible for any benefit under any scheme framed under the Code for gig and platform workers, the Central Government may notify specific conditions for eligibility through general or special order, in addition to registration on the designated Portal of the Central Government:

Provided that such eligible worker has been engaged as gig and platform worker for not less than ninety days with an aggregator, or in the case of multiple aggregators, not less than one hundred and twenty days, in the last financial year.

Explanation. – For the purposes of this sub-rule, –

(i) a gig and platform worker will be considered to be engaged with an aggregator for one day, if he has earned income, irrespective of the amount, for such work rendered with the aggregator on that calendar day;

(ii) in case of working with multiple aggregators, the days of engagement of a gig and platform worker shall be calculated across the aggregators in cumulative manner;

(iii) if a gig and platform worker is engaged with three aggregators on a particular calendar day, it shall count as three days.

(f) An eligible gig and platform worker shall include all such workers engaged by the aggregator directly or through associate company or holding company or subsidiary company or limited liability partnership or through a third party;

Explanation: For the purposes of this clause,

(i) ‘associate company’ in relation to another company means a company as defined in clause (6) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013(18 of 2013).

(ii) ‘holding company’ in relation to one or more other companies means a company as defined in clause (46) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013(18 of 2013).

(iii) ‘subsidiary company’ in relation to other company as defined in clause (87) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013(18 of 2013).

(iv) ‘limited liability partnership’ in relation to partnership means a limited liability partnership as defined in clause (n) of section 2 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008(6 of 2009).

(g) For facilitating updation of particulars of registered gig and platform workers, every aggregator shall share electronically the details of the gig and platform workers engaged with such aggregator, monthly or at such other periodicity and in such form as shall be specified on the designated Portal of the Central Government.

(h) In the absence of such updation, a gig and platform worker, may not be eligible to avail benefits of the social security schemes notified under the Code and applicable to him.