Welfare Measures For Gig Workers, Jan Viswhwas Bill 2.0 : Union Budget 2025 Proposals
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Welfare Measures For Gig Workers, Jan Viswhwas Bill 2.0 : Union Budget 2025 Proposals

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In the Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several significant announcements, including the proposal to bring a new income tax bill, reduction of tax slabs and changes to TDS/TCS regime.Welfare security for gig workersApart from this, the Government has decided to provide welfare security for gig workers in India. In the Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several significant announcements, including the proposal to bring a new income tax bill, reduction of tax slabs and changes to TDS/TCS regime. Welfare security for gig workers Apart from this, the Government has decided to provide welfare security for gig workers in India. The gig workers will also be provided with health care insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana "This will benefit 1 crore gig workers," she said.

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Delhi government forms panels for welfare of gig workers
1 week, 5 days ago

Delhi government forms panels for welfare of gig workers

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a step towards fulfilling a key poll promise, the Delhi government has formed committees to draft welfare schemes for gig workers, including delivery personnel and domestic workers. The move aligns with the BJP-led Delhi government’s manifesto commitment to strengthening social security for gig workers, which includes promises such as Rs 10 lakh life insurance and Rs 5 …

Rekha Gupta turns attention to Delhi gig workers after nod to women's aid scheme
1 week, 6 days ago

Rekha Gupta turns attention to Delhi gig workers after nod to women's aid scheme

India Today  

The Delhi government has initiated steps to implement another key poll promise by forming a committee to design welfare schemes for gig workers, including delivery personnel. The BJP, during the Delhi election campaign, pledged a range of welfare measures for gig workers, including life and accidental insurance worth Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively. A day before this …

Budget focus firmly on employment generation: Labour Minster
1 month, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

Union Budget 2025: From ID cards to healthcare, the benefits for gig workers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: From ID cards to healthcare, the benefits for gig workers

Firstpost  

In a significant move, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Union Budget 2025, has provided much-needed relief and recognition to India’s growing gig economy. The government has introduced a social security scheme aimed at formalising the unorganised sector and helped over 1 crore independent workers gain access to healthcare benefits Currently, India has around 10 million gig workers, of which …

Union Budget 2025: From ID cards to healthcare, the benefits for gig workers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025: From ID cards to healthcare, the benefits for gig workers

Firstpost  

In a significant move, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Union Budget 2025, has provided much-needed relief and recognition to India’s growing gig economy. The government has introduced a social security scheme aimed at formalising the unorganised sector and helped over 1 crore independent workers gain access to healthcare benefits Currently, India has around 10 million gig workers, of which …

Health Insurance, ID Cards, And More: Budget 2025 Has Big Promises For Gig Workers
1 month, 2 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 …

Welfare Measures For Gig Workers, Jan Viswhwas Bill 2.0 : Union Budget 2025 Proposals
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Welfare Measures For Gig Workers, Jan Viswhwas Bill 2.0 : Union Budget 2025 Proposals

Live Law  

In the Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several significant announcements, including the proposal to bring a new income tax bill, reduction of tax slabs and changes to TDS/TCS regime. Welfare security for gig workers Apart from this, the Government has decided to provide welfare security for gig workers in India. The gig workers will also be provided …

Budget 2025: Gig workers to get healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Gig workers to get healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana

The Hindu  

Gig workers will now be provided healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana as per the union budget announcement by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman Union Minister on Saturday. She also announced that to provide relief to patients, particularly those suffering from cancer, rare diseases, and other severe chronic diseases, 36 life-saving drugs and medicines are …

Government to set up daycare cancer centres in all district hospitals over next three years: Sitharaman
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Government to set up daycare cancer centres in all district hospitals over next three years: Sitharaman

The Hindu  

The government will facilitate setting up of daycare cancer centres in all district hospitals over the next three years and 200 of these will be established in 2025-26, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday. In the next year, 10,000 additional seats will be added in medical colleges and hospitals towards the goal of adding 75,000 seats in the …

Budget 2025: Identity cards, registration on e-Shram portal for 1 crore gig workers, says Sitharaman
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Identity cards, registration on e-Shram portal for 1 crore gig workers, says Sitharaman

India TV News  

Budget 2025: Identity cards, registration on e-Shram portal for 1 crore gig workers, says Sitharaman Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government will arrange identity cards and registration on the e-Shram portal to help 1 crore gig workers. Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government will arrange identity cards and registration on …

Gig workers’ unions demand Karnataka govt. to pass welfare law instead of waiting for Centre to frame rules for Social Security Code
2 months, 1 week 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 …

Telangana to bring law for gig workers
4 months ago

Telangana to bring law for gig workers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced on Wednesday that the state government would soon introduce a comprehensive legislation aimed at ensuring the welfare and social security of gig workers. He cited the Congress manifesto's pledge to enhance social security for gig workers and pointed to Rajasthan, where the Congress-led government became the first in the country to legislate for …

Govt plans to unveil social security plan for gig workers
6 months, 1 week 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. …

Gig, cine workers’ bills must become user-friendly: NLSIU experts
7 months ago

Gig, cine workers’ bills must become user-friendly: NLSIU experts

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The state government recently introduced several bills to provide social welfare benefits to various worker groups, but they should be revised and made user-friendly, said a team of experts from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. The Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers -- Social Security and Welfare Bill, 2024, targeting gig and platform workers, and the Karnataka Cine …

Budget 2024: What is in store for labour? | Watch
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: What is in store for labour? | Watch

The Hindu  

In her seventh budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced three new employee-linked incentive schemes in the Union Budget for 2024-25. The three schemes, which are part of the Prime Minister’s package, will align with enrolment in the Employee Provident Fund Organisation and focus on the recognition of first-time employees, as well as support to both employers and employees. The …

Union Budget 2024: Sector-Wise Allocation Puts Defence At The Top. Full Details Inside
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Union Budget 2024: Sector-Wise Allocation Puts Defence At The Top. Full Details Inside

ABP News  

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday in Parliament. Defence: For FY25, the defence sector will receive an allocation of Rs 6.21 lakh crore, according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Education: During the presentation of the Budget 2024 on Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared that the central government would allocate Rs 1.48 lakh …

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

The problem with the Karnataka gig workers Bill
8 months, 1 week ago

The problem with the Karnataka gig workers Bill

The Hindu  

Last month, Karnataka introduced a new Bill, called the draft Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers Bill, 2024, seeking to provide social security and welfare measures for platform-based gig workers in the State. In the recent past, India has seen protests and agitations by gig workers on the issue of revenue sharing, working hours and various other working conditions and terms of …

India needs national legal, social security architecture for gig workers: Congress
8 months, 1 week ago

India needs national legal, social security architecture for gig workers: Congress

The Hindu  

Citing legislations by its State Governments to ensure justice for gig workers, the Congress on July 11 said India needs a national legal and social security architecture for such workers and hoped that the forthcoming Union Budget will take a step in that direction. Congress general secretary, in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh said the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers Bill, 2024, is …

​Even the odd jobs: On the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill
8 months, 1 week 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 to focus on 5 key social sections
1 year, 2 months ago

Union Budget 2024 to focus on 5 key social sections

Hindustan Times  

Budget 2024: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s pre-election budget is set to focus on welfare schemes for five key sections of society—women, poor, youth, farmers and tribals—as the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance aims a third term in office on the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of inclusive growth. Accordingly, allocations for existing schemes for these …

Telangana CM Announces Rs 10 Lakh Health Insurance for Gig Workers, Promises Better Law than Rajasthan
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana CM Announces Rs 10 Lakh Health Insurance for Gig Workers, Promises Better Law than Rajasthan

News 18  

The Telangana government has announced health insurance of Rs 10 lakh and accident insurance of Rs 5 lakh for gig workers. Speaking to News18, Shaik Salauddin, founder president of Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union, said: “The CM promised that a law better than the one in Rajasthan will be implemented here. In a first-of-its-kind law in India, the Congress-led …

Gig Workers’ Bill races to beat election season in Rajasthan
1 year, 5 months ago

Gig Workers’ Bill races to beat election season in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government’s marquee legislation, the Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers Bill, 2023, which puts up stringent punitive provisions against errant aggregators, might not materialise before the elections in the State. EDITORIAL | Promising Bill: On the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers Bill, 2023 It also has punitive provisions such as fines up to ten lakhs for the first …

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 …

Drawn from gig workers’ struggles, hewn in Rajasthan
1 year, 7 months ago

Drawn from gig workers’ struggles, hewn in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers Act 2023, passed in the Rajasthan Assembly on July 24, is a powerful example of how labour law draws its strength from workers’ struggles and victories of the past, even as “the workers of the world” respond to new relationships of employers, employees, and workers rights in the evolving future. They demanded social security …

Rajasthan passes bill for formation of welfare board, fund for gig workers
1 year, 7 months ago

Rajasthan passes bill for formation of welfare board, fund for gig workers

India Today  

The Rajasthan Assembly on Monday passed a bill for the formation of a welfare board as well as a fund for platform-based gig workers in the state and to facilitate social security for them. It aims to constitute a Welfare Board and to set up a welfare fund for platform-based gig workers, to register the workers and aggregators in the …

India's first gig workers bill passed in Rajasthan: What is this law and who are these workers?
1 year, 7 months ago

India's first gig workers bill passed in Rajasthan: What is this law and who are these workers?

India TV News  

Rajasthan is set to become the first state to have a separate law for gig workers. The state assembly passed a bill for the formation of a welfare board as well as a fund for platform-based gig workers in the state and to facilitate social security for them. Officially known as the 'Platform-Based Gig Workers Bill, 2023', it was passed …

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 …

Parties wake up to heft of gig workers
1 year, 10 months ago

Parties wake up to heft of gig workers

The Hindu  

On Tuesday, Telangana Industries and Commerce Minister K.T. Rama Rao made a suggestion to an online delivery company to consider a tri-partite agreement for the welfare of gig and platform workers. The Congress manifesto in Karnataka promises to establish a Gig Workers’ Welfare Board by allocating ₹3,000 crore as seed money. “To mandate a minimum hourly wage for all gig …

Promising Bill: The Hindu Editorial on the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023
1 year, 10 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, 10 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 …

A new deal to protect India’s gig workers?
2 years ago

A new deal to protect India’s gig workers?

Hindustan Times  

Last month, as part of its budget for 2023-24, Rajasthan announced that the state will enact a law for the protection of gig workers, establish a welfare board, and devote ₹200 crore for this purpose. It will be administered by a welfare board, which — if labour demands are fulfilled — will have representatives of the government, platform companies and …

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 …

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