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The fig of gig workers successful India could scope 2.5 crore by the extremity of the decade, and the authorities is successful consultation with money managers to bring societal information schemes for them, a Labour Ministry authoritative said connected Friday (May 29, 2026).
At present, the state has astir 1 crore gig workers, including those engaged with app-based nutrient transportation and ride-hailing platforms.
The authorities is collecting the workforce data, and each these platforms person to update their workers' details connected the Labour Ministry's e-Shram portal by June 22, said Ashutosh A. T. Pednekar, Joint Secretary and Director General of Labour Welfare.
"A immense portion of our workforce is present getting absorbed successful the gig and level economy, and the imaginable is immense. Today, astir 1 crore workers are employed successful this sector, and the imaginable is to scope astir 2.5 crore workers by the extremity of the decade. The authorities is focusing much towards this sector," helium said, speaking astatine the 'Stakeholders Consultation connected Opportunities and Challenges of Gig and Platform Workers successful India'.
Joint Secretary and Director General, Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ashutosh A.T. Pednekar attends ‘Stakeholders’ Consultation connected Opportunities and Challenges of Gig and Platform Workers successful India, successful New Delhi connected May 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI
The lawsuit was organised by FICCI-AIOE (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry-All India Organisation of Employers), jointly with the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Mr. Pednekar, portion highlighting steps taken by the government, said that the Code connected Social Security nether the caller labour codification has already been notified connected May 8.
"We are successful the process of operationalising the Code, based connected the rules done assorted mechanisms similar the National Social Security Board for gig and level workers, which is being operationalised. The committee volition look astatine unorganised workers," helium added.
He further said that the authorities is successful the process of operationalising assorted societal information schemes related to mishap and maternity for level workers. "We are successful the process of creating assorted schemes and engaging with a fig of money managers to guarantee the schemes are operationalised," helium added.
About the e-Shram portal, Mr. Pednekar said that the portal already has the database of aggregators and "we tin understand, connected a real-time basis, the benefits which the idiosyncratic tin oregon has availed".
"Just similar the UPI and Aadhaar changed the integer scenery successful India, the e-Shram has the imaginable of changing the mode the benefits are fixed to workers, on with the portability of benefits, which is simply a situation worldwide, including India," helium said.
Michiko Miyamoto, Director, ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India, said that India's level system has moved rapidly from the margins to the mainstream of economical activity.
"Platform enactment has created caller opportunities for income generation, flexibility, entrepreneurship and labour-market participation. The level system tin lend meaningfully to India's maturation and to the broader imaginativeness of a Viksit Bharat," she added.
She further stated that India has led the mode successful South Asia by extending societal information to level workers.
"India has acknowledged that workers successful caller forms of enactment indispensable beryllium disposable wrong systems of protection. The situation present is implementation. Social extortion indispensable beryllium practical, portable and accessible. Registration systems indispensable beryllium simple, and contributions indispensable beryllium fair," said Ms. Miyamoto.
Jasbir Singh, President, AIOE, and Executive Chairman, CEO and Whole Time Director, Amber Enterprises India Ltd., said that arsenic India moves towards the imaginativeness of Viksit Bharat 2047, it is important for governments, employers, integer platforms, workers' representatives, and planetary organisations to enactment unneurotic successful processing applicable and balanced approaches that enactment some endeavor maturation and idiosyncratic welfare.
