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As agentic AI and autonomous shopping reshape India’s gig economy, delivery workers face growing efficiency pressure—making AI bilingualism and reskilling…

October 12, 2026 01:06 IST

The government or NGOs can make a short financial capability module a condition for aggregator registration in the workers’ own language.

Let’s financially equip gig workers

Gig workers in India face a financial literacy gap impacting their ability to manage income, insurance, and taxes, calling for…

Updated: September 24, 2026 13:49 IST

Gig platforms could meet 70% of non-farm job demand by 2030

The consultancy estimates that the monthly active gig internet workforce will nearly triple from more than 6 million currently to…

Updated: July 17, 2026 06:10 IST

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Swiggy, Eternal, Zepto challenge Karnataka gig workers’ law in High Court

India’s top platform aggregators and IAMAI challenge Karnataka’s 2025 Gig Workers Act, citing repugnancy with central law and contesting additional…

June 29, 2026 15:53 IST

Meet Noida’s ghost workers training the AI machine — India’s billion-dollar annotation industry is exploding

FE Ground Report: Inside Noida’s data annotation labs, young Indian workers painstakingly label images and videos to train AI systems…

Updated: June 15, 2026 11:19 IST

Gig Workers Launch Nationwide Strike as Fuel Hikes Push App Delivery Drivers to Breaking Point

Gig workers’ union calls for 5-hour nationwide shutdown of app-based services over fuel price hike

The Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU) has announced a five-hour nationwide work stoppage for app-based cab and delivery…

Updated: May 17, 2026 05:57 IST

A large crowd of people on two-wheelers queues up at a Bharat Petroleum pump amid fuel shortage and price hike concerns in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

Odisha, Jharkhand hit by panic fuel buying, gig workers and bus operators worst affected as govt assures ‘adequate stocks’

Fuel price hike: The rush and localised stockouts have disrupted bus operations in rural areas. The private bus owners’ association…

Updated: May 16, 2026 08:57 IST

Balancing sweat & survival, gig workers power on

Relief measures from companies meagre, inconsistent.

May 6, 2026 23:40 IST

Gig Worker Earnings Under Pressure as Delivery Partner Supply Outpaces Demand

Gig worker earnings under pressure as supply outpaces demand

Growth in delivery partner sign-ups is currently doubling order volume growth in quick commerce, leading to reduced per-order payouts and…

May 1, 2026 17:51 IST

Ather Energy stock outlook after CLSA initiates coverage with 57 percent upside target

Draft Delhi EV Policy: From 1 station for 144 workers to Rs 7,000/month leasing- 5 key concerns for gig workers

Delhi currently has around 9,000 public charging stations, a third of the 30,000 the city had targeted. With 13 lakh…

April 21, 2026 17:11 IST

It has also urged food delivery platforms such as Zomato and Swiggy to provide Rs 10,000 in immediate financial relief to affected gig workers.

LPG shortage crisis hits gig workers as orders plunge, union seeks Rs 10,000 relief

The release mentioned that this disruption has reduced the food delivery volumes on the food aggregator platforms such as Swiggy…

March 12, 2026 11:31 IST

In simple terms, all debts are claims, but not every claim counts as a valid debt under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Can you still use IBC to recover fees? What Akshay Kumar verdict means for freelancers

A landmark National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ruling in the dispute between Akshay Kumar and Cue Learn clarifies that insolvency…

February 27, 2026 11:11 IST

RentAHuman’s website positions humans as the “meatspace” extension of AI agents, enabling software to hire people for physical-world tasks such as errands, verification and event attendance.

Beyond the bot: AI hiring humans on RentAHuman – Inside the latest twist in Gig economy

According to the website, the site has been visited 2,576,344 times, with ‘total bounties’ reaching 11,009. They also have 1,64,457…

Updated: February 6, 2026 16:59 IST

90-day work norm for gig workers’ social security may be eased

The Indian government is set to reduce or remove the proposed 90-day minimum work threshold for gig workers to qualify…

January 16, 2026 21:15 IST

How Divergent State Laws are Balkanising India’s Unified Gig Economy

The balkanisation of gig work

When states design their own rules in isolation, they create uneven playing fields

January 16, 2026 05:30 IST

Why the Quick-Commerce Branding Reset Doesn’t Solve the Gig Worker Crisis

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Govt nudge shouldn’t be an exercise in optics. The draft social security rules for gig workers must be reviewed

January 15, 2026 05:30 IST

Draft social security rules may exclude majority of gig workers, unions warn

For women workers, the threshold is even more disconnected from reality, according to Seema Singh, president of the Gig &…

January 5, 2026 19:44 IST

Gig workers’ strike: In X post, Deepinder Goyal counters ‘agents of political interests’ (proof attached)

“I am all for peaceful protests against anything and everything. But violent protests and stopping others who want to work…

January 2, 2026 16:30 IST

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