Redefining the gigverse

Redefining the gigverse

NITI Aayog, in its first ever report (June 2022) on gig economy—‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy Perspectives and Recommendations on the Future of Work’—portrayed a very attractive landscape of India’s gig economy. The study defined the gig workers as “those engaged in livelihoods outside the traditional employer-employee arrangement – can be broadly classified into platform and non-platform-based workers. Platform workers are those whose work is based on online software apps or digital platforms. Non-platform gig workers are generally casual wage workers and own-account workers in the conventional sectors, working part-time or full time.” The term ‘gig’ is a […]

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