Labour Identification Number (LIN) is a unique identification number issued to employers to simplify business regulations and bringing in transparency and accountability in labor inspections by various agencies and bodies under the administrative control of Labour Ministry. LIN is issued by the Ministry of Labour.
Shram Suvidha is the unified portal developed to issue LIN and manage inspections and submission of returns.
LIN registration has to be taken on Shram Suvidha Portal. It is provided to businesses enabling them to submit returns and get various registrations required under Labour laws at a single online window. A unit registered with different Labour enforcement agencies is identified uniquely and allotted a single unique LIN. It would gradually subsume multiple registration numbers presently being issued separately by Labour Enforcement Agencies – ESIC registration Number, EPFO number, Registration or license number issued under Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. This indeed would meet an objective of ease of business itself as maintenance of multiple registration numbers by businessmen itself is a cumbersome task.
Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India and the State Governments enforce more than 44 Labour laws in their respective sphere. The Unified Shram Suvidha Portal is developed to facilitate reporting of inspections, and submission of returns. It has become a single point of contact between employer, employee and enforcement agencies bringing in transparency in their day-to-day interactions. For integration of data among various enforcement agencies, each inspectable unit under any Labour Law has been assigned one LIN. This body has come into existence after requests from various stakeholders for ensuring simplification of formats, ease of compliance, transparency in inspections and speedy redressal of grievances. For addressing these concerns Shram Suvidha Portal has been launched.
To be able to provide all of the above-unified services Shram Suvidha Portal can be accessed at the URL https://ShramSuvidha.Gov.in
