Selected Tag: gig workers
Selected Tag: gig workers

India Economy is Growing, But Data Gives a Reality Check on Youth Employment

Low levels of education, limited skills, and concentration in the lowest earnings percentile – these are only some of the issues that ail India’s youth. Further, the gender divide is real, and wide. These factors are keeping the youth from being meaningful partners in India’s growth story.

Smita Roy Trivedi

Abhiman Das

July 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM IST

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Why Gig Workers Need Binding Regulation, Not Just Promises

India’s gig economy runs on opacity and precarity. Without binding regulation, workers face volatile pay, arbitrary deactivations and zero legal recourse.

Ninupta Srinath

January 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM IST

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