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Rajasthan Introduces India’s First Gig Workers Bill 2023

Published on 26 Jul 2023

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Rajasthan Introduces India’s First Gig Workers Bill 2023
  • The Rajasthan Assembly passed a bill for the formation of a welfare board as well as a fund for platform-based gig workers in the state and to facilitate social security for them.
  • The Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023, was passed in the Assembly without a debate amid uproar by the opposition members in the House.
  • Aggregators, which include food delivery apps and e-marketing platforms, must provide the Rajasthan government with a database of all platform-based gig workers on-boarded or registered with them within sixty days of the Act’s implementation.
  • Gig worker refers to someone who earns from such activities outside of the traditional employer-employee relationship and who works on a contract.

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