Unlocking Trust and Mobility for Migrant Workers
Year:
2025
Service:
Migrant Worker Support
Industry:
Deployed
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MigrantWorkers
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SocialProtection
Jan Sahas partnered with Ooru Digital to issue verifiable work credentials to migrant workers. Workers were onboarded, their credentials issued and approved through CrediIssuer, and could then present verified proof of work to claim their government benefits and entitlements — replacing informal, unverifiable documentation with a trusted digital trail.
Introduction
Jan Sahas is a grassroots organization working to end caste- and gender-based exploitation and improve access to rights for migrant workers in India. Through initiatives like the Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC), it supports millions of labourers across sectors in securing social protection, dignity, and justice.
Challenge
Under India’s Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) welfare scheme, migrant labourers are entitled to a range of government benefits once they complete 90 days of work. But verifying that work is often where the system breaks down.
Documentation is scattered, unstandardized, or simply unavailable. Workers rely on informal contracts, oral agreements, or employer-issued slips that are difficult to authenticate. The lack of reliable proof prevents timely access to entitlements and leaves workers without safety nets.
Solution
To bridge this trust and verification gap, Jan Sahas partnered with Ooru Digital’s CredIssuer platform – a digital credentialing system designed to issue tamper-proof, verifiable certificates.
The pilot aimed to digitize and authenticate the 90-day work histories of migrant labourers, so that civil society partners and government officials could verify them instantly and securely.
Result
Streamlined Eligibility: Workers were able to present verifiable digital proof of their work history, speeding up access to BOCW benefits.
Reduced Verification Burden: Civil servants spent less time cross-checking fragmented records, while field teams could focus on outreach and support.
Data-Driven Advocacy: For Jan Sahas, the platform provided a repository of secure, verifiable data to strengthen advocacy for policy inclusion and enforcement.
