Gig workers fall under the Concurrent list (Seventh Schedule of the Constitution), which means that both states and the Centre can make legislation on the subject.
'If any cloud kitchen or dark store is found to be flouting health norms, strict actions will be taken. Our department will seal them,' Food Safety Commissioner Jitendra Jain told ThePrint.
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.
If regulatory diktats nudge consumers to be a little more patient — or force labour to be a little less desperate — the business model breaks down before it turns profitable.
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.
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.'
Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.
Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.
The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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