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New Delhi: Around 85 percent of gig workers, largely in the 30-50 age group, put in eight or more hours of work daily, as these jobs are their main source of income and not a side hustle, according to a survey report released Thursday by Janpahal, a Delhi-based non-profit working with people engaged in the informal sector...
The report defines gig work as platform-based work and the survey looked at such workers in the transport, food delivery and package delivery sectors...
According to government think-tank NITI Aayog, 77 lakh (7.7 million) workers were engaged in the gig economy in 2020-21 and the workforce is expected to expand to 2.35 crore (23.5 million) workers by 2029-30...
Long hours, urgency to meet delivery targets, carrying excess weight, lack of regular income and the lack of social security such as health insurance all take a toll on their physical and mental wellbeing, the survey titled Respect and Integrity of Gig Workers; Humanity and Trust in Service (RIGHTS) has found...
Aravind Unni, an expert on the informal sector, said, In spite of more than an estimated 1 crore gig workers in India and a space that will increase in the times to come, there are no regulatory frameworks that talk about wages, security, protection, insurance, and so on..
