The fee, capped at 50 paise, 75 paise, and Re 1, depending on the business models of the platform, is expected to raise Rs 250-300 crore an...

India's gig economy is rapidly growing with millions of workers. Many lack basic protections like social security and insurance. Earnings a...

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed a Bill to safeguard gig workers' rights, mandating aggregators to ensure social security and safe...

With this, Karnataka is moving ahead to become the first southern state with a gig worker welfare board. The fee will be fixed at 1-5% of e...

The division bench of acting chief justice Kameswar Rao and justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar on Friday directed Ola, Uber and the transport d...

Karnataka is set to introduce a new welfare law for gig workers, potentially increasing costs for consumers of app-based services. The prop...

Once finalised, the regulations will prescribe the rates of fees payable by platforms for services, such as ride-hailing, food delivery and...

Karnataka will soon release draft rules to implement a service fee on online platforms, funding welfare schemes for gig workers under a new...

Karnataka is considering a differential levy on app-based platforms to fund a social security scheme for gig and platform workers. The move...

Karnataka is planning a differential levy on app-based aggregators to fund gig workers' welfare, with rates from 1% to 5% of worker commiss...

Addressing a press conference, Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad said, "The Labour Department of Karnataka has decided to impose cess o...

The rise of the gig economy during the pandemic has created a new politically significant vote bank in India. Gig workers, often young and ...

Karnataka government is planning a surcharge on online transactions conducted through platforms like Amazon and Zomato to bolster welfare b...

Rahul Gandhi, a Congress leader, has praised the Rajasthan government for passing a bill benefiting the welfare of gig workers. The bill ai...

"More than 40% per cent investments have taken place during the pandemic, either from domestic firms or international companies. That amoun...

The labour department has prepared a set of draft rules which is being vetted by National Law School of India University (NLSIU) professors...

India is still struggling with realising the full potential of its demographic dividend. Though, the gig economy employs millions of people...