India: Government seeks to extend social protection to ‘gig economy’ workers

On 01 February, while presenting the national budget for fiscal year 2021-2022, India’s Minister of Finance announced the government's will to extend social protection to those living in the ‘gig economy, namely freelance workers, online platform workers, sub-contracting workers and agency workers.’

Through . Published on 04 February 2021 à 9h12 - Update on 05 May 2021 à 17h55

India’s 2021 budget, which takes effect on 01 April, proposes to create a database that can identify workers in the informal sector, including those dependent on the gig economy, the goal of which is to eventually see these workers being able to access social benefits. “To further extend our efforts towards the unorganized labour force,…

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