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.
The gig sector is booming, but policy inaction, declining incentives from app-based companies, and skyrocketing fuel prices have trapped gig workers in a spiral of diminishing returns.
According to a senior government official, the plan, part of the Social Security Code enacted in 2020, could include accident, health insurance and retirement benefits.
India's experience with Coal Mines Provident Fund and Seamen's Provident Fund should lead us to ask if the idea of a centralised welfare fund is itself problematic, and prone to misuse.
Some platforms are pushing back against proposed fee they would have to pay for workers' welfare, while other industry bodies say that if done right, it could boost investment in economy.
Under the bill, online platforms will collect a surcharge of up to 2% on transactions & deposit it in a welfare fund to be run by workers, govt & industry representatives.
Investing in more capital than in employing labour can work in most countries. But India can't blindly emulate developed economies and reduce the amount of labour employed.
The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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