Source: FL Subject: Economy Context: The recent nationwide strikes by gig workers, contractual teachers, and ASHA/Anganwadi workers have highlighted the surplus labour trap, where millions remain in low-productivity, precarious jobs. About India’s Surplus Labour Trap: What is India’s Surplus Labour Trap? The surplus labour trap refers to a structural economic condition where a vast portion …
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. Q6. Platform work has created a new form of informalisation under the cover of technology. What steps are needed to ensure decent work in the gig economy? (10 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: TH Why the question Gig and platform …
Source: IE Subject: Urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Context: Gig workers from platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit and Zepto went on nationwide strikes on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, demanding a ban on 10-minute delivery models. About A call for ban on 10-minute deliveries: What it is? The 10-minute delivery model promises ultra-fast doorstep …
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Q5. “The gig economy has emerged as the shock absorber of India’s employment system”. Examine this statement with reference to seasonal labour demand and high attrition trends. Analyse how regulatory and policy gaps exacerbate workforce instability and suggest measures to …
Syllabus: Economics Source: TH Context: India’s employment challenge has re-emerged as a national priority as experts from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) called for a unified National Employment Framework to harness the demographic dividend and address the growing job-skill mismatch. About Towards a Unified National Employment Framework: Trends in Employment Opportunity: Demographic advantage: India …
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Topic: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Q6. What are the challenges faced by gig workers in securing minimum wage protections? Examine the need for extending social security benefits to platform-based workers. (10 M) Difficulty Level: Easy Reference: TH Why the question: A roundtable held in Delhi on digital platform-based work …
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Q3. Assess the role of online learning in facilitating entrepreneurial and gig-economy aspirations. What support structures are needed to make such learning sustainable and impactful? (10 M) Difficulty Level: Easy Reference: TH Why the question: With India’s gig economy …
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Indian Economy and related issues Source: IE Context: A parliamentary panel has asked the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoL&E) to formulate and implement welfare schemes for gig and platform workers and unorganised sector workers at the earliest. Why? Since such workers do not come under the purview of …
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Indian Economy and related issues Source: TH Context: The recent strike by Zomato-owned Blinkit delivery agents has once again brought to the forefront the issues plaguing the gig economy in the country. Background: The strikes began when Blinkit slashed the minimum payout per delivery to Rs 15 per delivery …
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Indian Society Source: Times of India Direction: This topic can come in Indian Society as well as ethics. Go through the ethical aspect of the debate. What Is Moonlighting? Moonlighting simply refers to the act of having a second job, or working for extra projects, gigs, or employers, that …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 3. While gig work has become a necessity for both the workers and the platforms hiring them, regulation of the gig work remains vital to ensure that these classes of workers are given the same opportunities …
Topic: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. 3. A carefully curated and sensitively regulated gig economy with well-defined rights of workers and social security benefits is the need of the hour. Analyse. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: the Hindu Why the question: The recent announcement by Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal of its …
Context: Recently, a professor at a business school allegedly misused his faculty position to provide fake certificates to students whom he had compelled to attend an online course that he taught. He essentially took advantage of India’s rising pre-pandemic gig economy in education. When authorities at the institution discovered the racket, they suspended …
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Context: The new Code on Social Security allows a platform worker to be defined by their vulnerability not their labour, nor the vulnerabilities of platform work. Swiggy workers have been essential during the pandemic. Even so, they have faced a continuous dip in pay and no rewards for being essential workers. During the last …
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Insights MINDMAPS: “Gig Economy” and “India-Afghanistan Connectivity”. PDF Gig Economy India-Afghanistan Connectivity Gig Economy India-Afghanistan Connectivity
