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₹2,500 cr education loans, e-scooters for gig workers & 2,000-acre global city: Highlights from Tamil Nadu Budget
1 week, 6 days ago

₹2,500 cr education loans, e-scooters for gig workers & 2,000-acre global city: Highlights from Tamil Nadu Budget

Live Mint  

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the MK Stalin government's budget for 2025-26 in the legislative assembly on March 14, amid the ruling DMK's war of words with the BJP-ruled centre. ₹ 20,000 for gig workers The Finance Minister said that Tamil Nadu has already created a gig workers welfare board. Chennai Metro Rail Extension & Rapid Transit System …

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Centre asks gig workers to register on e-Shram portal to avail health scheme benefits
2 weeks, 5 days ago

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

India TV News  

Centre asks gig workers to register on e-Shram portal to avail health scheme benefits A gig worker is someone who takes short-term jobs, often for multiple service providers or aggregators. Union Budget 2025-26 announced various benefits for the gig workers, including the issuance of identity cards, and healthcare coverage under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. Schemes for gig …

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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 …

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Budget eyes agriculture, MSMEs, other labour-intensive sectors for job creation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Budget eyes agriculture, MSMEs, other labour-intensive sectors for job creation

Live Mint  

The government's focus on creating jobs for informal and gig workers comes at a time when the economy has been struggling to create enough formal jobs. "The goal is to generate ample opportunities in rural areas so that migration is an option, but not a necessity," said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her eighth straight budget speech on Saturday. About …

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Budget 2025: Govt adds 6,500 more IIT seats; announces e-Shram registration for gig workers; details here
1 month, 3 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 …

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Delhi poll: In third manifesto, BJP promises insurance cover for gig workers, clean Yamuna in 3 years
2 months ago

Delhi poll: In third manifesto, BJP promises insurance cover for gig workers, clean Yamuna in 3 years

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released the third part of its manifesto for the February 5 Delhi assembly elections, promising ownership rights in 1,700 unauthorised colonies and cleaning Yamuna in three years if voted to power. Union home minister Amit Shah speaks during a press conference to release the third part of BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' for Delhi assembly election. …

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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. …

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78% of India's delivery gig workers earn less than 2.5 lakh a year: Report
7 months ago

78% of India's delivery gig workers earn less than 2.5 lakh a year: Report

Hindustan Times  

77.6% of gig delivery workers in India earn less than ₹2,50,000 per annum, Business Standard wrote, citing a recent survey by Borzo, a global same-day delivery company. Only 33.5% of the surveyed gig workers filed income tax returns, which means 66.5% haven't done so. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Only 24% of gig workers invested in Public Provident Fund, generally contributing …

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Include access to washrooms, safeguards against customer misbehaviour in draft Bill, say women gig workers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Include access to washrooms, safeguards against customer misbehaviour in draft Bill, say women gig workers

The Hindu  

As the Karnataka government readies the Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers Bill, women workers with ride-hailing apps and on-demand home services companies have highlighted the need to include provisions that take into account the female workforce. Speaking at the Karnataka Gig and Platform Workers’ Convention held in Bengaluru on Wednesday, several women workers demanded that the Bill should include provisions ensuring …

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Karnataka budget 2023: Insurance coverage of ₹4 lakhs announced for e-commerce delivery employees
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka budget 2023: Insurance coverage of ₹4 lakhs announced for e-commerce delivery employees

Live Mint  

Karnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, while unveiling the budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, has introduced a notable provision. The budget now includes a provision for life and accident insurance, offering coverage of 4 lakh to e-commerce delivery personnel associated with renowned platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, and Amazon. “In order to provide social security to the ‘Gig Workers’ in the unorganised …

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Rahul Gandhi rides with food delivery agent on scooter in B'luru after breakfast talks with gig workers. WATCH
1 year, 10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi rides with food delivery agent on scooter in B'luru after breakfast talks with gig workers. WATCH

India TV News  

Rahul Gandhi rides with food delivery agent on scooter in B'luru after breakfast talks with gig workers. WATCH Rahul Gandhi asked gig workers, delivery agents about the problems they were facing related to jobs, inflation over a breakfast conversation. Karnataka Elections 2023: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday interacted with food delivery agents, and gig workers in Bengaluru as he …

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Karnataka elections: Gig workers await delivery of stricter laws to protect their rights and save them from exploitation
1 year, 11 months ago

Karnataka elections: Gig workers await delivery of stricter laws to protect their rights and save them from exploitation

The Hindu  

“Every political party has their own agenda,” said Arun V., a delivery partner in his thirties, after completing an order on a hot weekday afternoon. I really hope the government comes up with stricter laws for our safety and well-being,” said Sharif, a college student who also works as a delivery partner with one of the country’s biggest start-ups. Like …

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Consumers should take the lead in helping struggling gig workers
1 year, 11 months ago

Consumers should take the lead in helping struggling gig workers

Live Mint  

At the heart of India’s gig economy is a paradox: gig platforms are worth billions of dollars and yet a large part of their workforce struggles to make a living wage. This is why investors were doubling down until recently by pouring in huge sums of money to encourage more online ordering, with even wilder bets like free ‘10 minute …

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An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy
55 years, 2 months ago

An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy

Wired  

Argentinian musician Frank Tavis had the life he always dreamed of. A friend recommended he join Fiverr, a freelance gig economy website where people are paid for a variety of digital services usually offered by contractors. The number of people listing NFT-related services on Fiverr rose 278 percent from the third to the fourth quarter of 2021; at the same …

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Uber and Deliveroo drivers protest over hundreds of ‘unfair’ dismissals
3 years, 8 months ago

Uber and Deliveroo drivers protest over hundreds of ‘unfair’ dismissals

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Drivers protested outside Uber's UK …

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In States Cutting Unemployment Benefits, Gig Workers Have The Most To Lose
3 years, 10 months ago

In States Cutting Unemployment Benefits, Gig Workers Have The Most To Lose

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican-led states are canceling the extra unemployment benefits Congress created because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the extra $300 makes it impossible for businesses to find willing workers. But more than 4 million Americans received long-term benefits fully funded by the federal government last month, according to the most recent Labor Department figures, and 6 million received …

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Some delivery workers have no choice but to bring their kids along during the pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

Some delivery workers have no choice but to bring their kids along during the pandemic

CNN  

CNN Business — For Ashley Vincent, a single mom in Binghamton, New York, delivering for DoorDash often requires some negotiation with her seven-year-old son. To ease her son’s boredom during deliveries, Vincent said she took him to a dollar store to pick out some items including a magnetic doodle board and a road sign bingo game. The gig economy, which …

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Widow of man killed while delivering food for Hungry Panda calls for reform
4 years, 4 months ago

Widow of man killed while delivering food for Hungry Panda calls for reform

ABC  

Lihong Wei has a framed photo close to her wherever she goes. While in Sydney, she'll today address a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the gig economy that will look at whether laws should be introduced to protect workers like Mr Chen. "Because our worker's compensation laws haven't been fixed to suit the gig economy, Mrs Wei runs the risk of …

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Devise a new labour law regime for gig economy workers
4 years, 6 months ago

Devise a new labour law regime for gig economy workers

Hindustan Times  

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed multiple fault-lines in India’s economy and labour market. The employee/contractor binary, however, is based upon an outdated vision of work, where the factory or the shop floor was the predominant site of “work” The root of the problem lies in an outdated labour law regime. In the case of Uber, for example, the app plays …

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This is the real reason Just Eat and Uber are suddenly so keen on better perks for their workers
4 years, 7 months ago

This is the real reason Just Eat and Uber are suddenly so keen on better perks for their workers

The Independent  

One of the many unfair elements of the blow that coronavirus has done to our economies has been the impact on gig workers. In the US, Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive of Uber, has argued that gig economy firms should be required to create benefits funds to give workers cash they can use for perks they want, such as health …

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US gig workers and self-employed face delays in jobless aid
4 years, 11 months ago

US gig workers and self-employed face delays in jobless aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After Rich Cruse saw about $3,000 in income for his photography business quickly disappear to the coronavirus, he tried to apply for unemployment benefits in California. The federal government’s $2.2 trillion economic relief package for the first time extended unemployment aid to cover those workers when they lose their jobs. “I suspect it may take much longer than …

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Government to ensure labour benefits for gig economy workers
5 years, 5 months ago

Government to ensure labour benefits for gig economy workers

The Hindu  

The State government will work towards framing guidelines for the emerging ‘gig economy’ comprising cab aggregators, food delivery platforms and e-commerce firms to ensure all relevant labour benefits for those working in the sector, Labour Minister S. Suresh Kumar announced on Monday. Unions of cab drivers and food delivery personnel in the city pointed out that they were termed ‘partners’. …

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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 …

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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 …

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