Digital Labour Chowk is part of a lineup of tech platforms that are trying to move manual labour hiring out of streets and into the world of algorithms and apps. ‘Over 10,000 companies hiring.’
Report highlights that gig workers showed an overall discrepancy rate of 4%. These discrepancies included issues like court record offences and fake identities.
The promise was made by Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Karnataka govt likely to promulgate an ordinance to implement this at the earliest, it is learnt.
Through strike, union is demanding recognition of gig workers as employees of platform companies, dignified working conditions & implementation of minimum wages, among others.
Under scheme aimed at alleviating urban poverty, the plan is to identify different vulnerable groups and chart out focused interventions based on occupations, say MoHUA officials.
Gig workers often juggle multiple apps & shift between part-time and full-time work. None of the states considering gig worker laws fully account for this fluidity.
Karnataka will be 2nd state after Rajasthan to have legislation for welfare of gig workers. Experts & activists welcome key provisions, including fair terms of contract, mentioned in draft.
'Prisoners on Wheels?' report surveyed over 10,000 cab drivers & delivery persons on apps across 8 cities. Mental and physical health issues, dissatisfaction with fares also among findings.
Non-profit's survey of 5,000-plus gig workers engaged with 20-plus platforms finds that these are full-time jobs. Report points to issues of health, income security & lack of regulation.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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