Govt should create centralised authority for gig workers, says report

The government should create a centralised coordination authority between Centre and state governments for social protection of the gig and platform workers in the country, a study released on Wednesday said.

‘Efficiently designing a social protection system that aligns with the needs of platform workers and the characteristics of the platform economy requires synchronised efforts. Uncoordinated policymaking at central and state governments may not just result in duplication of efforts, but also suboptimal use of limited resources. Additionally, this may also unnecessarily increase the compliance burden for the platform businesses resulting in higher cost of services, increasing cost of job creation, and restricting innovation at scale,’