On 01 February, while presenting the national budget for fiscal year 2021-2022, India’s Minister of Finance announced the government's will to extend social protection to those living in the ‘gig economy, namely freelance workers, online platform workers, sub-contracting workers and agency workers.’
India’s 2021 budget, which takes effect on 01 April, proposes to create a database that can identify workers in the informal sector, including those dependent on the gig economy, the goal of which is to eventually see these workers being able to access social benefits. “To further extend our efforts towards the unorganized labour force, migrant workers particularly, I propose to launch a portal that will collect relevant information on gig, building, and construction-workers, among others,”...
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