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Explained: What is Karnataka’s Gig Workers bill
The Karnataka Cabinet, on April 11, cleared the much-awaited Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024, which is now expected to be introduced as an Ordinance.
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The Karnataka Cabinet, on April 11, cleared the much-awaited Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024, which is now expected to be introduced as an Ordinance. If passed, this would make Karnataka the second State in the country to introduce legislation for the welfare of platform-based gig workers after Rajasthan.
Reports suggest that there are around 2 lakh platform-based gig workers in Bengaluru working with companies such as Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Ola, Urban Company, Porter, Amazon, Flipkart and so on. An evolving and nascent sector, the gig economy is expected to create 23.5 million jobs in India by 2030 as per a 2022 NITI Aayog report.
Reporting: Shilpa Elizabeth
Video & Editing: Ravichandran N
Published – April 18, 2025 04:53 pm IST
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