Too little, too late: Congress on Centre’s 90-day threshold for gig workers’ social security

The Congress connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) termed the Centre's connection for a 90-day enactment regularisation for gig workers to go eligible for societal information "too little, excessively late", arsenic the Opposition called for the request for authorities to support the rights of workers successful the unorganised sector.

The enactment said it stood with the gig workers and has been an ardent champion of the rights of those successful the unorganised sector.

In a station connected X, Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh said reports that the Central authorities proposes a 90-day enactment regularisation for gig workers to get societal information are "too little, excessively late".

"Amidst a larger question by gig workers to unafraid dignified moving conditions, the (Narendra) Modi authorities has belatedly woken up to the request to bash so. But its imaginativeness is excessively little, excessively precocious and falls acold abbreviated of the provisions made retired by Congress governments successful Telangana, Rajasthan, and Karnataka to enactment gig workers," helium said.

Provisions successful Cong.-ruled States

Listing retired specified provisions made by Congress governments successful the States, helium said these see constitution of a payment money for gig workers, done a payment interest of 1% to 5% of the payout to the idiosyncratic during each transaction, mounting up a tripartite payment committee for gig workers to guarantee registration of workers by platforms, payment interest collection, transparency and workers entree to their ain information, and implementation of societal information schemes.

Besides, nary idiosyncratic tin beryllium terminated without a valid written crushed and anterior announcement of 14 days, helium said. "Platforms are required to supply just contracts and a enactment situation that is harmless and without hazard to the wellness of the worker, with entree to capable remainder and entree to sanitary facilities.”

"The extortion of gig workers was a cardinal pillar of the Congress party's five-point Yuva Nyay docket during the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

"In the NYAY PATH Resolution adopted by the AICC successful its Ahmedabad Session connected April 9, 2025, the INC had declared that the Congress is an ardent champion of workers connected gig platforms and successful the unorganised sector. We recognise the request for authorities for the extortion of their rights. The Congress continues to basal by gig workers," Mr. Ramesh said successful his post.