Centre Notifies Social Security Board For Gig And Unorganised Workers
· India · Hindustan Times, Indian Express
The Centre has notified the constitution of the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers and Gig and Platform Workers, bringing digital gig and platform professionals into India's formal welfare architecture. Chaired by the Union labour and employment minister, the board includes representatives from central and state governments, aggregator companies, employers, civil society organisations, and workers' unions. Established under the statutory framework of the Code on Social Security, the board will recommend welfare schemes, advise the Centre on implementation, monitor central social welfare programmes, and review state-level record-keeping. The notification does not announce any new welfare benefits or specify financial allocations for such schemes, focusing instead on advisory and monitoring mandates. The board is required to meet at least three times a year.
Why it matters
The board brings millions of informal, app-based ride-hailing and food-delivery workers into an institutional policy framework for the first time, laying the groundwork for structured social security benefits.
Read the original report — Hindustan Times
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