Govt plans to launch social security scheme for gig economy workers | Know benefits
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Govt plans to launch social security scheme for gig economy workers | Know benefits

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Social Security Scheme: The central government is likely to announce a social security scheme for the estimated 7.7 million gig workers in the country. As per the reports, aggregators may be required to contribute 1-2 per cent of their revenue to establish a social security fund, which would offer health insurance and other benefits to workers. Labor Minister meets officials to finalise scheme According to the report, the Prime Minister's Office has received proposals that include a blueprint for the social security scheme for gig workers. Online window to be launched Reports indicate that the government plans to launch an online platform to assist gig platforms in enrolling workers on the e-Shram portal, a state-run database for informal workers.

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Centre asks gig workers to register on e-Shram portal to avail health insurance
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Centre asks gig workers to register on e-Shram portal to avail health insurance

The Hindu  

The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has urged gig and platform workers to register on the e-Shram portal for formal recognition and access to benefits under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. The previous Budget had provided for the registration of online platform workers on the e-Shram portal, issuing identity cards to them, and for healthcare coverage …

Budget focus firmly on employment generation: Labour Minster
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget focus firmly on employment generation: Labour Minster

The Hindu  

The Labour Ministry got its highest ever allocation in this year’s Union Budget and the increase in funding will help focus on the new employment generation scheme, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday. The Ministry’s main focus is the new Employment Generation Scheme, for which the budgetary allocation has been doubled from ₹10,000 crore to ₹20,000 crore. “The allocation …

Govt’s steps for gig workers half-hearted, need national social security architecture for them, says Congress
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Govt’s steps for gig workers half-hearted, need national social security architecture for them, says Congress

The Hindu  

The government has only committed to "half-hearted" steps of registering gig workers on e-SHRAM and including them under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the Congress said on Sunday and asserted that India needs a national legal and social security architecture for such workers. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the …

Gig workers celebrate after Centre recognises the sector
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gig workers celebrate after Centre recognises the sector

Deccan Chronicle  

The announcement made by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget, was widely welcomed by the over one crore gig and online platform workers in the country. Dinker Vashisht, vice-president, Swiggy, told this newspaper, "It is a very encouraging move that platform and gig workers are being considered as an important part of India's urban landscape. Its founder …

Government's steps for gig workers half-hearted, need national social security architecture for them: Congress
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Government's steps for gig workers half-hearted, need national social security architecture for them: Congress

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The government has only committed to "half-hearted" steps of registering gig workers on e-SHRAM and including them under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the Congress said on Sunday and asserted that India needs a national legal and social security architecture for such workers. The Congress's attack came a day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced …

Gig workers welcome move for social security board
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gig workers welcome move for social security board

The Hindu  

The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union on Saturday welcomed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s social security scheme for workers during the Budget but maintained that the move would be effective only if aggregators share data they have on these workers. Healthcare under the PM Jan Aryoga Yojana would be provided and nearly one crore gig workers will stand to …

Health Insurance, ID Cards, And More: Budget 2025 Has Big Promises For Gig Workers
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Health Insurance, ID Cards, And More: Budget 2025 Has Big Promises For Gig Workers

ABP News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2025 presentation on Saturday announced that the government will provide more social security services and benefits to gig workers. Acknowledging the importance of gig workers, Sitharaman said that the government will provide them identity cards and also register them on the e-Shram portal. “Gig workers of online platforms provide great dynamism to …

Budget 2025: Govt adds 6,500 more IIT seats; announces e-Shram registration for gig workers; details here
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Govt adds 6,500 more IIT seats; announces e-Shram registration for gig workers; details here

Live Mint  

Budget 2025: The Union Budget highlighted new and emerging technologies, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing a national framework for Global Capability Centres, a ₹500-crore Centre of Excellence in AI for education, and plans to explore a deep tech ‘Fund of Funds’ to support next-gen startups, news agency PTI reported. Startups also have a reason to cheer as a new …

Online platforms and workers to benefit as Budget formalises gig economy
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Online platforms and workers to benefit as Budget formalises gig economy

Live Mint  

Online platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon and Flipkart are likely to see increased interest for delivery-partner and warehouse-worker jobs as the Union Budget has proposed formalising the gig economy, industry executives told Mint. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her budget speech on Saturday that gig workers would be provided health insurance under the government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat …

Budget 2025: Gig workers to receive health insurance under govt’s flagship scheme
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Gig workers to receive health insurance under govt’s flagship scheme

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Gig workers will be provided healthcare under the government’s flagship health assurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget speech on Saturday. Currently, the National Health Authority is the agency that implements the world’s largest health insurance scheme, which provides health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per …

States-led panels to draft comprehensive social security plan for workers
1 month, 4 weeks ago

States-led panels to draft comprehensive social security plan for workers

The Hindu  

The two-day Chintan Shivir of the Labour Ministers and Secretaries of Union and State governments, which concluded on Thursday, has decided to form three committees comprising five States each to develop a sustainable model for comprehensive social security coverage for workers. The meeting, chaired by Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, was the last of the six regional workshops and several …

Gig workers’ unions demand Karnataka govt. to pass welfare law instead of waiting for Centre to frame rules for Social Security Code
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Gig workers’ unions demand Karnataka govt. to pass welfare law instead of waiting for Centre to frame rules for Social Security Code

The Hindu  

Platform and gig workers’ unions and experts have demanded that the Karnataka government pass the The Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers Bill at the earliest and not wait for the Central government to frame rules for the Code on Social Security SS), 2020. Undeterred exploitation Vinay Sarathy of United Food Delivery Partners’ Union pointed out that without a comprehensive legislation …

Social security for gig workers must aim for a balance of flexibility
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Social security for gig workers must aim for a balance of flexibility

Live Mint  

With the rising share of gig employment in India’s labour market, the welfare of gig workers who make home deliveries for e-commerce platforms has been gaining political attention. The EU is still wrestling with how to balance flexibility with worker protections; the region’s regulatory frameworks indicate a trend toward expanding social security coverage to include gig workers. Institute portable benefits: …

Govt plans to unveil social security plan for gig workers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt plans to unveil social security plan for gig workers

Hindustan Times  

The Union government may soon announce a social safety net for the country’s estimated 7.7 million gig economy workers, people familiar with the thinking in the highest echelons of government said, with aggregators likely to be asked to pay 1-2% of their revenue to create a social security fund that can provide health insurance and other benefits to the workers. …

Union Budget 2024: Medical insurance and retirement benefits for gig workers possible
8 months, 1 week ago

Union Budget 2024: Medical insurance and retirement benefits for gig workers possible

Hindustan Times  

With the Union Budget 2024 scheduled to be presented on June 23 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the government is likely to create a social security fund for gig workers to provide medical and accident insurance cover alongside retirement benefits, CNBC-Awaaz reported, citing unnamed sources. Workers, aggregators and the government shall contribute to this fund and institutions like the Employees …

​Even the odd jobs: On the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill
8 months, 2 weeks ago

​Even the odd jobs: On the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill

The Hindu  

For India’s gig workers, who are increasing in numbers but are perched precariously on the edge of the unregulated labour pool, the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers Bill, 2024, offers a welcome reprieve, but still stops short of providing them with the security of being employees. When app-based gig work was introduced a decade ago, courtesy ride-sharing and food delivery apps, …

Union Budget 2024: Empowering unorganised workers
1 year, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2024: Empowering unorganised workers

Hindustan Times  

The Economic Survey of 2021–2022 estimates that 43.99 crore people worked in various forms of informal employment in India during the 2019–20 fiscal year, making up a significant proportion of the country's unorganised workforce. Shedding light on the provisions in the 2020 Social Security Code, we explore the possible challenges in the implementation of the social security funds intended for …

The potential downside of the Rajasthan Gig Workers Law
1 year, 5 months ago

The potential downside of the Rajasthan Gig Workers Law

Hindustan Times  

Good news for Rajasthan's gig workers as the state has established a dedicated welfare board for their benefit. The recently passed legislation by the Rajasthan State Assembly intends to establish a welfare board and a registry of all gig workers, aggregators, and primary employers in the state who work with gig workers. A platform-based Gig Workers Welfare Cess will be …

Gig Workers Bill: reading between the lines
1 year, 6 months ago

Gig Workers Bill: reading between the lines

The Hindu  

In a first of its kind, the Rajasthan government introduced the Rajasthan Platform-Based Gig Workers Bill, 2023, with the aim of ensuring social security for gig workers. Editorial | Promising Bill: On the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers Bill, 2023 Third, the Bill aims to create a database of gig workers wherein the details of all the workers onboarded or registered …

Rajasthan law ‘good start’, but Delhi gig workers want safety net as employees
1 year, 7 months ago

Rajasthan law ‘good start’, but Delhi gig workers want safety net as employees

The Hindu  

The Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers Act, 2023, which extends social security to gig workers and creates a regulatory framework for aggregators, has drawn mixed reactions from the unorganised workforce in the national capital. Shaik Salauddin, national general secretary, Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers, said, “It is commendable that the Rajasthan government formulated this Act that establishes a tripartite …

Rajasthan govt tables India’s first gig workers rights bill
1 year, 8 months ago

Rajasthan govt tables India’s first gig workers rights bill

Live Mint  

In a bid a become India's first state to guarantee social security to gig workers, Rajasthan on Friday tabled the Rajasthan Platform Based GIG Workers Bill, 2023. 'The Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers Welfare Board' will be established in the state where the gig workers of the state will be registered with all the aggregators of the state. The government …

Promising Bill: The Hindu Editorial on the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Promising Bill: The Hindu Editorial on the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023

The Hindu  

With an estimated eight million people employed in an industry built on the back of the smartphone revolution, “gig” work has become a major source of jobs for youth in India. Adding this to the fact that gig workers are not recognised as “workers” but partners by most aggregating platforms and that they lack any social security or related benefits …

Rajasthan outlines plan for gig workers’ welfare
1 year, 11 months ago

Rajasthan outlines plan for gig workers’ welfare

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan government has proposed to levy a “welfare cess” on consumers to ensure better rights and facilities for gig workers in the draft of a new law that also provides for a fine up to ₹1 crore on errant aggregators, officials aware of the matter said. HT Image According to the draft of the bill, seen by HT, the …

Gig economy: Building a more conducive ecosystem for the workers in 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

Gig economy: Building a more conducive ecosystem for the workers in 2023

Firstpost  

Over the last five years, the Indian gig economy has evolved from a pool of primarily low-skilled workers to a $15 million strong workforce across low, mid and high-skill segments. Now that the Indian gig economy has matured to a certain extent, it becomes the collective responsibility of all stakeholders to step together and create an ecosystem that is more …

Expanding Social Security Coverage For Informal Sector Workers To Be Focus In 2023: Labour Min
2 years, 3 months ago

Expanding Social Security Coverage For Informal Sector Workers To Be Focus In 2023: Labour Min

ABP News  

Expanding the social security coverage for unorganised workers and pursuing states to make rules for labour codes will be the key priorities for the government in 2023, as efforts continue to strengthen the country's labour market. With India set to host G-20 leaders' summit for the first time next year, the Union labour ministry will also pursue key employment-related agenda …

Gig Workers, Platform Workers & Gig Economy
3 years, 2 months ago

Gig Workers, Platform Workers & Gig Economy

Live Law  

When the new labour Codes were introduced, like every other legislation, they invited critique from different quarters because of reasons ranging from lawmakers' lackadaisical understanding of labour policy to increased stringency of provisions making it more difficult for workers to assert certain basic rights. Gig workers everywhere in India rejoiced, considering the Code on Social Security finally provided them with …

SC notice to Centre on social security cover for gig workers
3 years, 3 months ago

SC notice to Centre on social security cover for gig workers

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine whether gig workers and those working for app-based services can be treated as “unorganized workers” and thus be entitled to social security benefits such as insurance, provident fund, gratuity, maternity benefits and other welfare schemes that are denied them. Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Indira Jaising said, “We seek a declaration …

Formalising social security for the informal sector
4 years, 1 month ago

Formalising social security for the informal sector

The Hindu  

During the Budget speech, the Finance inister talked about the 20-year long process of implementing the labour codes in India. These codes passed by the Lok Sabha in the previous year includes the extension of Employee State Insurance and other social security mechanisms to gig economy workers. The Code on Social Security provides for Provident Fund, Gratuity, Employees’ State Insurance …

Union Budget 2021: Social security for gig workers will nurture risk appetite in workers, say experts
4 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2021: Social security for gig workers will nurture risk appetite in workers, say experts

Firstpost  

Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government also proposed setting up of a portal to collect information on gig-workers, building and construction workers, among others. The government said social security benefits will be extended to platform and gig workers. Gayathri Vasudevan Chairperson and Co-Founder, Labournet Services India Social security benefits to gig workers and …

Gig work and its skewed terms
4 years, 5 months ago

Gig work and its skewed terms

The Hindu  

The new Code on Social Security allows a platform worker to be defined by their vulnerability — not their labour, nor the vulnerabilities of platform work. The three new labour codes passed by Parliament recently acknowledge platform and gig workers as new occupational categories in the making, in a bid to keep India’s young workforce secure as it embraces ‘new …

Draft Social Security code is out: Five things you need to know
5 years, 6 months ago

Draft Social Security code is out: Five things you need to know

Live Mint  

New Delhi: After years of deliberations, the union government has finally circulated the draft social security code, a key labour law proposal that seeks to amalgamate a clutch of existing laws and proposes several new initiatives including universal social security for unorganized sector workers and, insurance and health benefits for gig workers including the Ola and Uber drivers. Here are …

Draft code proposes social security for all informal, gig workers
5 years, 6 months ago

Draft code proposes social security for all informal, gig workers

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India may be moving towards social security for all with the draft social security code proposing to offer a slew of benefits from provident funds to health cover, accident insurance, and education for children of informal and gig workers. The draft code, reviewed by Mint, says the “central government shall formulate and notify, from time to time, suitable …

PMO okays labour ministry's Rs 2 lakh crore social security plan for 50 crore workers; will be rolled out in phases
6 years, 11 months ago

PMO okays labour ministry's Rs 2 lakh crore social security plan for 50 crore workers; will be rolled out in phases

Firstpost  

The Narendra Modi-led government could roll out the social security scheme in the ongoing financial year, ahead of seeking re-election in 2019. The Prime Minister’s Office has given its nod to a Ministry of Labour and Employment proposal that seeks to provide social security cover to over 50 crore workers, including those in the farm sector, a media report said. …

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