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Wholesale buyers savour softening sugar even as households' wait for a sweeter deal continuesWholesale sugar prices have seen a significant 15% fall due to recent government import decisions. Traders are optimistic about further red...- India’s gig economy is leaving its women behind, study findsWomen remain underrepresented in India’s rapidly expanding gig economy despite near-equal access to basic bank accounts. An ILO-NCAER study...
- Snabbit, Urban Company lead push to organise India's domestic work sectorIndian startups are digitizing domestic services, offering workers better pay and customers flexibility. Platforms like Snabbit and Urban C...
- India’s gig economy boom must start working for the women behind itFemale gig workers face challenges like limited mobility and financial access. Initiatives providing affordable asset finance and tailored ...
- PM Modi hails Budget 2025 as 'reformative', says it will boost savings and investmentsUnion Budget 2025: Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended Budget 2025 for its focus on increasing savings, investments, and job creation. H...
- Gig hiring for the festive season heats up, but there’s a need for better domain and soft skillsThe festive season is set to spark a surge in hiring across multiple sectors, with e-commerce leading the charge. NLB Services projects up ...
- Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report saysThat boost is generating concern, though, among worker rights advocates about the lack of strong job protections in the gig economy, where ...
- White-collar gigs help women keep working in the layoffs seasonIn nine months from April 2022 to December 2022, there was a 3X increase in the number of women consultants registering for white-collar gi...
- Gig workers in India to top 23 million by 2029-30: Niti Aayog reportThe Aayog, in its report ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy, has urged the govt to ensure universal social security coverage to plat...
- Gig jobs see surge in demand for sales and marketing roles: Taskmo Gig IndexTGI, from Taskmo, an on-demand gig talent discovery platform, is a tool to measure the demand and supply for gig work across India, and thi...
- 'More women have been opting out of white-collar gig jobs in last two years'Indian women are opting out of the workforce even as freelancers, according to data from the white-collar gig jobs platform which was share...
- Indian women freelancers see rise in income as demand for gig workers increaseProfessional women freelancers in the country observed a substantial increase of 42% in their average hourly earnings rate to $22/hour in 2...
- More women go big on gig during Covid pandemic, better jobs now availableThe sea change in work models has opened a plethora of options for women looking for gig opportunities. Before the pandemic, most flexible ...
- Budget 2021: FM races to fix flaws in labour modelThe Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first post-Covid budget had several measures to bring the unorganised working class into the main...
- COVID-19 prompts workers, corporates to adopt gig economyGig workers are independent contractual workers who are into flexible agreements with companies or through platforms for on-demand work com...
- 90% gig workers earn below Rs 15,000 post-lockdown: StudyGig economy workers in ride-hailing, delivery and cleaning segments have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus-induced lockdown, with 81%...
- Despite low wages, women find gig economy interesting
- Women bag frontline roles in gig economy, but lag behind in wagesWhile more women are joining the gig economy in such roles, they are paid less than men for the same jobs.
- Gig economy on rise; 70% firms used gig workers in 201870 percent of respondents from the hiring side have used gig workers at least once or twice for solving organisational issues in 2018.
- Gig economy poised for take-off in India, say recruiters & employersDemand for short-duration talent in IT, ITeS, ecomm are increasingly gathering momentum, with skilled professionals seeking flexible work a...
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