Onboard auto/taxi/truck drivers on e-Shram for full social security coverage

Auto, taxi, truck and other drivers are eligible as unorganised/gig workers under the e-Shram portal (which integrates 14 welfare schemes including PMJJBY, PMSBY and AB-PMJAY) and are covered by the new Code on Social Security framework that brings platform and unorganised workers into the social-security net. App-based cab and auto drivers in particular gain coverage via the gig-worker provisions and Aggregator module. However, the pledge’s explicit bar of 100% coverage of all drivers under insurance and welfare programmes has not been achieved; registration and benefit linkage are still in progress. Partial.