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Fuel shortages in Hyderabad due to Middle-East tensions have disrupted LPG and CNG supplies, hitting app-based drivers and food delivery workers. Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) has sought urgent government intervention into the matter.

Despite recognising gig workers under the Code on Social Security, the Budget fails to allocate funds or outline implementation plans

India’s new labour codes formally recognise gig and platform workers, granting them portable social-security benefits through e-Shram. Aggregators must contribute to a Social Security Fund, enabling access to welfare schemes, accident and health coverage, and structured grievance-redressal support

Gig economy promises flexibility, but Marx’s theory shows it often mirrors exploitative pattern of industrial capitalism

GITAM University conferred honorary doctorates on three distinguished individuals in recognition of their contributions: Arunachalam Muruganantham, popularly known as India’s ‘Pad Man’, nuclear scientist Dr B Venkatraman, and R Venkateswara Rao, founder and chairman of RVR Projects Private Limited.

With new players like Rapido entering the arena, established platforms such as Zomato and Swiggy face fresh competition driven by lower margins and innovative operational strategies

Under the initiative, tailored education sessions local languages will be held, allowing delivery partners to access the content easily

The Rajasthan Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill seeks to set up a welfare fund, making the state helmed by Chief Minister and Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot the first to get such a piece of legislation passed.

The Minister KT Rama Rao said as the journey in e-commerce business progressed, gig workers should also be taken care of

Demographic dividend will be an empty phrase unless govt builds a sustainable gig economy

It’s important that the government works out a social security cover for the fast expanding gig economy.

New Delhi: NITI Aayog on Monday launched a report that presented comprehensive perspectives and recommendations on the gig economy in India titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’, the apex public policy think tank said in a statement. Gig workers are typically those who work freelance, contractual, temporary, or on-call basis. The report was released […]

Hyderabad: The gig economy refers to workforce who rely on freelance tasks, as opposed to a full-time salary position in a company. It’s also referred as crowdsourcing where individuals can market their skill sets (both unskilled & skilled professionals) and sell their services online on different platforms or companies. In the 21st century digital age, […]

Gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organisations hire independent workers for short-term commitments.