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We, as consumers, know gig workers are exploited. So what do we owe them?
January 15, 2026 7:24 pm
Do gig workers have a special right to our moral concern, or are they simply part of the considerable number of overworked and underpaid maids, cooks, cab drivers, garbage collectors, chowkidars, and itinerant labourers?
Swiggy, Zepto rebrands '10-minute' delivery claim after government order
January 14, 2026 4:42 pm
The labour ministry raised the issue during a closed-door meeting on Saturday with representatives from the three companies, asking them to stop promoting the business as a 10-minute service, the sources told Reuters.
When I signed up to make deliveries on Zomato, Blinkit and Swiggy for a day
January 15, 2026 10:55 pm
The Indian Express’s Soumyarendra Barik spent a day each as a delivery worker for Zomato, Blinkit and Swiggy, completing 23 deliveries and earning Rs 782 or Rs 34/hour. That’s the cost of India’s convenience economy: long, punishing hours for precarious earnings
Govt tells quick commerce firms to drop ‘10-min delivery’ deadline
January 14, 2026 1:55 am
On Tuesday, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya met the representatives of leading platforms including Blinkit, Zepto, Zomato and Swiggy to discuss concerns related to the delivery timelines, sources said.
Blinkit drops ‘10-minute delivery’ claim after Centre intervention, Swiggy and Zepto may follow suit: Report
January 13, 2026 4:58 pm
The branding change comes weeks after delivery workers staged a nationwide strike on New Year’s Eve 2025 protesting the physical strain, safety risks and income instability caused by aggressive delivery timelines.
Two gig workers write: This is why those who Deepinder Goyal calls 'miscreants' go on strike
January 09, 2026 4:09 pm
Discontent also comes from the absolute lack of any managerial care towards riders. We bring our own vehicles and pay for their costs
Pune men trapped on balcony at 3 am call Blinkit delivery agent for help; video goes viral
January 06, 2026 6:28 pm
The clip shows one of the friends calmly speaking to a Blinkit delivery agent on the phone, explaining that they were stranded outside while the parents of one of them slept inside the house.
Gig workers’ strike raises a question: What’s the cost of convenience?
January 02, 2026 4:05 pm
When we put grocery items on par with an emergency service that we would expect to reach our doorstep quickly, we end up treating our convenience as an inalienable need
Concerns of gig workers must be heard, addressed fairly
January 02, 2026 7:09 am
Over the last few days, strikes by workers engaged by companies such as Swiggy, Zomato and Zepto calling for a ban on 10-minute delivery services have drawn attention to this issue. It requires careful consideration on the way forward
Rethinking speed: ‘10-Minute Delivery’ is more than a labour law problem
January 02, 2026 11:42 am
Labour regulation may mitigate harm in the short run, but it does not interrogate whether speed itself has become an illegitimate competitive variable
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