Background: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that in five years from now, India’s GDP will have increased to $5.8 trillion and India will be the third largest economy of the world. Even then India will be the poorest …
About The Code on Social Security 2020 defines “gig worker” as a person who performs work or participates in a work arrangement and earns from such activities outside of traditional employer-employee relationship. Niti Aayog estimates that more than 7.5 million …
Context A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organizations hire independent workers for short-term commitments. Examples of gig workers include freelancers, independent contractors, project-based workers and temporary or part-time hires. Recently, the …
Context The recent strike by Zomato-owned Blinkit delivery agents has once again brought to the forefront the issues plaguing the gig economy in the country and the reforms required to stop the exploitation of such workers. The strikes began when …