Centre Plans New Scheme For Gig, Platform Workers

New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour & Employment is working on a scheme to provide various benefits like social security to gig and platform workers in the country, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Addressing the CII Global Economic Policy Forum, Union Labour Secretary Sumita Dawra said the labour code on social security has outlined social security benefits for them.

“We are putting together the scheme for the gig and platform economy workers because there is no traditional employer-employee relationship defined for the gig and platform workers, but we need to bring social security coverage for them so that they can be more productive and support the country’s economy and the e-commerce and services sector more effectively,” she said.