Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech today, announced that her government will provide ID cards to gig workers. Gig worker will also be provided access to healthcare via a social security scheme.
What are we going to get in this budget? People want straight and simple answers. It is not difficult to make a close-to-accurate guess if one first addresses some key questions.
Rahul Gandhi assured them of a law in line with Congress-led Rajasthan government to address their problems.
The 'Fairwork India 2023' study was spearheaded by the Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B) in association with Oxford University.
Karnataka government announces free INR 4 lakh insurance cover for gig workers, ensuring their social security and well-being.
Nearly 65 per cent of Indian firms are currently employing gig workers, a higher share compared to 57 per cent in 2020, a Nasscom report said on Thursday. However, while the share of organisations employing gig workers has increased, their proportion remains less than 5 per cent of the total workforce (in companies with more than 2,000 full-time employees).
India has a total workforce of over 50 crore including 40 crore unorganised sector which include farm and rural workers.
