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High commissions by Swiggy, Zomato have restaurants turning to alternatives

New players like Thrive and DotPe, which charge less, are emerging as alternatives

Gig work platform Awign raises $15 mn in funding round for expansion

Start-up assists enterprises in hiring high-skill talent on contract and manage such employees

India's e-commerce firms hire more delivery workers for shopping season

Gig work employment, of which delivery workers and salespersons form a large chunk, is expected to reach 9.9 million in India in 2022-23, up about 45% from 2019-20

Teenagers' share in India's gig sector grows 8 times in last 4 yrs: Report

Around 40% of the gig workers now come from the age group of 16 to 23, says a study by Taskmo, an on-demand staffing platform

Will inclusion in labour code work or do gig workers need a special law?

7.7 million people employed in the sector need welfare measures hardcoded into the law, say some experts

Quality standards for gig, shared economy players soon: top govt officials

Indian Bureau of Standards also mulling adoption of ISO benchmarks; need for standardisation also arises from increasing number of complaints received by consumer affairs ministry lately

Best of BS Opinion: Platform economy, all in the family, and more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

Platform economy

Entitlement extension should be calibrated

Size of India's gig economy, the challenges it faces and possible remedies

While the tribe of contractual workers is growing rapidly, many of the challenges they have been facing remain unaddressed

Indian gig economy to have 23.5 mn workers by 2029-30: Niti Aayog report

Think-tank recommends social security for gig workers

Gig workers to account for 6.7% of India's non-agri workforce by FY30: NITI

The report titled 'India's Booming Gig and Platform Economy' recommended extending social security measures for such workers

How the dreams of thousands of Ola and Uber drivers are turning sour

Once app-based cab aggregators became popular and their driver population burgeoned, they pruned incentives and began charging drivers hefty commissions. The pandemic only made matters worse

Swiggy temporarily shuts Genie across cities due to worker shortage: Report

Swiggy Genie services have been impacted across Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, said report

What is the gig economy and who are gig workers?

Pandemic disrupted the markets' dream run and led to loss of lakhs of jobs in the informal sector. But it also gave rise to jobs in the gig economy. Find out more about this sector and its workers

TMS Ep135: Inflation, Covid-induced changes, cement stocks, gig economy

Will India Inc pass on the rising input cost to consumers? Are Covid-induced changes here to stay? Should investors buy cement stocks post recent correction? What is the gig economy? All answers here

Women participation in gig economy sees 3x surge: Taskmo report

Industries like fin-tech, edtech, e-commerce, fashion tech and health-tech are showing maximum job allocation for women gig workers

For gig workers, labour rights and benefits remain elusive in India

Workers are looking to the Budget to ensure that the promises made to protect their labour rights are finally implemented

Why does social security look like a pipe dream for gig workers?

Lakhs of gig workers in India continue to work amid little or no access to social security. We find out more about their plight and also if the new labour codes will address their social security void

Is the Fairwork ratings on gig workers' condition a wake-up call?

Gig economy made itself known during the pandemic. The recent Fairwork ratings highlighted how well or poorly these workers of unorganised sectors were being treated by companies. A report

Protecting gig workers

Social security law must balance equity with profitability