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Gen Z didn’t ask for liberalisation. Now AI is making it worse

July 15, 2026 3:11 pm

What happens when AI strengthens an economic model that has already failed millions of young Indians?

Court refuses stay on Karnataka gig workers act, directs platforms to deposit welfare fee

July 03, 2026 9:24 pm

The Karnataka High Court refused interim relief against the gig workers welfare act and directed platforms, including Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit, and Zepto, to deposit the welfare fee.

Mandatory electronic transfer of wages, bringing gig workers under its ambit: What Telangana’s new wage code means

June 01, 2026 6:09 pm

Telangana minimum wage rules have been overhauled under the Code on Wages, 2019, with higher pay rates, digital wage payments and worker protections.

Can workers be protected from new forms of exploitation within the expanding platform economy?

June 02, 2026 12:19 am

Many delivery agents reported working more than 84 hours a week simply to break what they colloquially call the incentive 'tala' (lock) — a threshold that must be crossed before higher incentives become available

To gig workers, Delhi Budget offers spaces to rest and the promise of a welfare board

March 24, 2026 6:00 pm

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also announced that the government will form an Auto-Taxi Driver Welfare Board to look after the provisions and security of auto rickshaw and taxi drivers in the capital.

What India’s AVGC push reveals about jobs, gig work, and the future of creative labour

February 26, 2026 11:48 am

As employment projections touch two million by 2030, policymakers must confront the blurred line between formal studio work and fragmented freelance careers

While gig work offers flexibility for some, many face rising insecurity and falling earnings.

Rs 20 deliveries, 15-hour days: The human cost of Delhi's gig work

February 09, 2026 2:20 pm

For many of India’s 1.2 cr platform workers, gig work offers flexibility, but no security. As more and more Indians enter the system, frictions are increasing, and demands for better regulation are growing louder.

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The Indian gig economy is running on forced labour

January 16, 2026 6:15 pm

As India debates the future of work, the central question is not whether gig platforms are efficient, scalable, or profitable. It is whether technological innovation can be allowed to normalise constitutional violations

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

Exploitation is built into gig work

January 09, 2026 7:10 am

The response to the strike showed that the urban middle class, which is the biggest beneficiary of their services, is unlikely to come out in support.