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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicGig workers

Topic: Gig workers

Karnataka forms gig workers’ welfare board, aggregators to contribute 1–1.5% welfare fee per transaction

Karnataka has one of highest numbers of people working in this rapidly growing sector, about 4 lakhs, and welfare board was set up with intention of providing them safety net.

Gurugram is waging a new class war. Now fight is over gig workers’ parking lots & toilets

In Gurugram’s Hayatpur, an SUV owner tried running over a delivery executive after a dispute over delivery bikes’ parking space. A Swiggy dark store is located in this neighbourhood.

Lesson from gig workers, 10-min delivery row—the fuss is necessary

Just as some companies exploit gig workers only because they can, consumers make them run around needlessly only because we can.

Where are women in India’s gig economy? The question we forgot to ask in the outcry

In India, women remain concentrated in a narrow range of sectors such as beauty and hairdressing, household maintenance, residential care, and parts of the education sector.

10-minute delivery not worth the risk. India’s quick-commerce sector must look at global models

In China, where quick-commerce is called instant retail, incentives and freebies rule, triggering sustainability issues.

Tipping cannot replace fair pay for India’s delivery gig workers. It’s only moral comfort

Platforms that manufactured a culture of 10-minute delivery have now made consumers an equal party to the exploitation of workers.

New labour codes can change the harsh reality of gig work

Employers and customers need to understand that gig workers are as much workers as factory workers or farm labourers, and that they are not miscreants.

Zomato to Zepto—gig work doesn’t need a ban, it needs a safety floor

We need to accept two truths simultaneously: that gig work is real income for millions, and that it is also a real risk.

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal defends gig work. ‘It’s exposed guilt, inequality’

In a post on X, Deepinder Goyal said the gig economy has shattered the invisibility of the poor. 'The doorbell is not the problem. The question is what we do after opening the door.'

Lokpal shifts gears on tender for BMWs & Putin’s Russian dolls

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.