Shakti DubeyAIR 1 · CSE 2024 · 149 wordsTheir whole copy
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India's labour market accounts for nearly 84% of informal sector which contributes more than half to India's GDP.
Informal Employment : challenges for platform workers :-
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(1) This is characterised by lack of social security (2) It is based on employer-employee relation outside the formal economic sector (3) It includes gig workers, contractual workers, free lancers, etc. (4) In India > 80% of informal sector jobs has been taken up by women (5) The major challenge here is lack of regulation of the sector which makes exploitation of workers easy.
Lack of proper working condition especially for women & other marginalised section.
These gig / platform workers were badly hit during COVID because of economic setback.
WAY FORWARD :- (1) There is a need to regulate this employment generating sector (2) Has to be balanced with enough creative freedom
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As most of Indians are employed informally regulation becomes inevitable.