New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) China’s latest unemployment figures have drawn renewed scrutiny, as official data point to a modest rise in joblessness, while analysts are of the view that the situation is far worse, according to a media article. According to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the country’s surveyed urban unemployment rate climbed to 5.3 per cent in February, marking a six-month high, according to the article published in Uganda’s PML Daily.The rise in unemp…
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Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) To ensure that customers receive secure services through online platforms, gig, and delivery workers, Maharashtra Labour Minister Akash Phundkar on Tuesday directed the formulation of a comprehensive framework. The emphasis will be on worker verification to ensure services are flawless, safe, and within the legal framework. These instructions were issued during a joint meeting of the Labour and Home Departments.Various delivery and service-providing companies appoint deliv…
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) The Telangana Assembly on Monday passed two key Bills – one aimed at ensuring social security for gig workers and the other to protect advocates. The Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026, and the Telangana Advocates Protection Bill, 2026, were passed by the House by a voice vote.The Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026, introduces a structured system to p…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, on Tuesday, termed the Delhi Budget 2026–27 as ‘historic’, saying that it will prove to be a milestone for the city’s development and environmental protection. He praised the budget presented by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, which has a total outlay of nearly Rs 1,03,700 crore.Minister Sirsa said, “This budget is truly historic for Delhi. When we presented a Rs 1 lakh crore budget last year, several questions were raised, where wou…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) In a bid to shape the Budget 2026-27 around the needs and expectations of all sections of society, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday held a series of consultations at the Delhi Secretariat with gig workers, farmers, rural representatives and labour groups. “Public participation is the biggest strength of a developed Delhi,” said the Chief Minister as she held separate meetings with each group, where participants shared experiences and put forward thei…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Delhi Labour Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday ordered early action to bring unorganised sector workers, gig and platform workers, and construction workers under the ambit of social security, in line with the Central Government rules.On Friday, the Labour Minister chaired a high-level review meeting to assess preparedness related to the publication and notification of rules framed under the Code on Social Security, 2020, aimed at extending various welfare benefits to these…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday joined gig workers in celebrating a victory for their “safety, dignity and work conditions” as the government directed food delivery and quick-commerce platforms to do away with rigid “10-minute delivery” commitments.In a video message, Chadha said that it is a memorable day for gig workers as the Central government has struck down the private companies’ “10-minute delivery” branding.“The credi…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Monday continued his campaign of voicing solidarity with gig workers and posted a video on social media showing him living a day in their life, on the roads of the national Capital.Wearing a jacket of a quick-commerce company and riding pillion with another gig worker on a two-wheeler, Chadha, 37, is seen in the video as travelling on roads with the young driver and taking an elevator to reach a customer’s doorstep …
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) A delivery rider, identified as Rishabh Kumar, was brutally assaulted after being forced to squat like a chicken as a form of punishment at a Zepto store in Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area, police said on Monday.The incident took place on Sunday in Kondli, which falls under the jurisdiction of the New Ashok Nagar police station in East Delhi, and the entire episode was captured on CCTV cameras installed at the premises.According to police officials, the assault allegedly fo…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Zomato sacks close to 5,000 gig workers a month due to cases involving fraud, while another 150,000 to 200,000 workers leave the fast food delivery platform on their own, its parent firm Eternal’s founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said.In a video podcast with YouTuber Raj Shamani, Goyal said that those who choose to leave the platform consider gig work as a temporary job.Several gig workers operating on quick commerce and food delivery platforms, including Zomato, had gone …