Will You Happily Pay 2% Online Surcharge For The Welfare Of GIG Workers? | India Development Debate

After Rajasthan's Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration And Welfare) Act, 2023 -- which extends social security to gig workers in the state - the Karnataka government is too considering the implementation of a surcharge on online transactions conducted through platforms like Amazon, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, etc. India's gig economy is surging at a rapid pace -- the Gig Workforce Is Expected To Expand To 23.5 Mn Workers By 2029-30 -- with the NITI Ayog expecting Gig Workers to Form 6.7% Of Non-Agricultural Workforce By 2029-30. However, due to no definite pay structure for these so-called partners, the gig workers hardly get a return from this growing sector.
On India Development Debate, Tamanna Inamdar speaks with Madhavan Narayanan, Senior Journalist & Author; K Ganesh, Serial Entrepreneur, Promoter - BigBasket, Portea Medical, Bluestone, Homelane; T P Ostwal, International Tax Expert; to understand why consumers have to bear the responsibility.
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[collectivesoul]

No, if state government wants they can give. I won't give a penny more...already paying so much taxes on everything

[cvrsarma]

Savings & financial planning is the individuals’ responsibility... there need not be a separate bucket called gig worker’s welfare... insurance, mutual funds, PPF, NPS are open to everyone... if the person is not sufficiently paid, let there be a higher pay but don’t complicate conducting business...

[trnagesha]

Many bastard companies including channels hold their salaries for 5-6 months or do not pay them only, leave alone there welfare, height of shamelessneess