The Ministry of Labor will soon seek the approval of the Union Cabinet to bring a pension scheme for one crore gig workers associated with online forums. Giving this information, an official source said that under this, the income from every transaction will contribute to the social security scheme.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced to launch a social security scheme for one crore gig workers associated with the online platform in the general budget presented earlier this month.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in her budget speech that the government will give him an identity card and will provide the facility of registration on the e-program portal. He further said that these workers will be provided health facility under the PM Jan Arogya Yojana.
Social security scheme for the welfare of online platform workers
Social security scheme for the welfare of online platform workers
‘For the first time, Gig Workers, will be registered on the e -ram portal. After this, these colleagues will get the benefit of healthcare and other social security schemes. This Dignity of Labor reflects the government’s commitment towards Shravev Jayate. Steps like regulatory reforms to Financial Reforms Jan Vishwas 2.0 will further strengthen our commitments of minimum government and trust based governance.
The move is likely to help about one crore gig workers. This step will help workers associated with online forums like Amazon, Jomato to get the benefit of social welfare schemes of various government agencies.
Sources said that the Ministry of Labor is working on a system under which online platforms like Ola, Uber will deduct social security contribution as percent on every transaction on the income of these workers. He informed that under this scheme, workers can be given two options at the time of retirement, when their pension will be fixed. They can withdraw interest on deposits as pension or divide accumulated funds into equal installments for the prescribed period.
However, the official said that the amount to be contributed to the social security scheme has not been decided yet. Gig workers can work for two or more forums simultaneously.
‘These employees earn less than Rs 10,000 per month by staying under long and under heavy pressure. I want to convey your attention to the plight of the employees of Gig Economy, especially to the employees of Amazon India. This includes warehouse employees and delivery people who are protesting against unfair salaries and unsafe working conditions. Amazon company claims to give PF and insurance, but reality is far away from it. The protest being done during ‘Black Friday’ underlines inequality in our economy and exploitation of these employees. ‘
Congress MP B Manikam Tagore emphasized the need to enact a law for their employment safety by ensuring proper salary, job security and social benefits for the Gig personnel. Tagore raised the issue in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour and highlighted the plight of the Gig personnel, which he described the issue of human rights rather than the issue of workers.
The personnel working in the gig economy are those who temporarily work for more than one companies independently. These include delivery workers for various e-commerce platforms, catering supply portal etc.
The Congress MP said, “It is our duty to stand with our employees and insist for meaningful changes.” We have to enact immediate laws to ensure safety, proper salary, job safety and social benefits of gig employees. ”
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged the Union Ministry of Labor and Employment to ensure strict implementation of laws related to working hours. Tharoor said, “There is an urgent need to promote work-life balance, because due to such balance and lack of human work situations, young CA Anna Sebastian working in a major accounting and many in various parts of India Other professionals died untimely. These tragedies reflect a systemic failure and we should work for the efficiency of professionals who play an important role in furthering the prosperity of our country. We should prioritize the implementation of laws for strict working hours.
Before the festive season, India’s e-commerce industry is preparing to make a large number of recruitment. According to the report of Teamlies Services, about 10 lakh gig workers and 2.5 lakh employees are expected to be appointed by the e-commerce industry.
According to industry sources, Flipkart, Amazon, Misho as well as quick commerce firms such as Blinkite, Jepto and Swigi Instamart can also recruit millions of people. Companies of the region have planned to recruit on a large scale, estimating that e-commerce sales increase in festive weather.
In Misho, General Manager (Fulfillment and Experience) Saurabh Pandey said, ‘Misho aims to create about 2.5 million opportunities for seasonal employment with his third party logic partners such as Ecom Express, Delivery, Shadowax and Expresses and Valmo. . ‘
Pandey said, ‘Out of these employment opportunities, more than 60 per cent will come in small and small cities. These roles will mainly include supply from warehouses, reaching goods from large centers and delivery colleagues. ‘
Recently, Quick Commerce company Jepto, which raised a capital of $ 66.5 million, has also planned to appoint 500 employees. The company is focusing on new recruitments in engineering, product, growth and marketing sector.
Flipkart did not respond when asked about the plan of Nuan Kis. But last year Flipkart was expecting to create more than 1 lakh new employment opportunities in its entire supply chain.
An Amazon spokesman said, “Amazon India creates seasonal employment opportunities in its full fame, pruning centers and supply networks across the country during the festive season every year. We will share more information about this in the next few weeks.
Blinkite has also planned an expansion and aims to increase its number of dark stores from 639 to 2,000 by 2026.
Teamlies survey also states that almost all large quick commerce companies are expanding in new cities and now focusing on the supply of electronics, beauty products, home decks, wellness and other common items besides grocery.
The report said that after achieving the available 20 lakh orders per day in the last financial year, the industry is eyeing to cross this record in the upcoming festive season. Balasubramanian A, Senior Vice President and Business Head of Teamleil Services said, “This time the festive season will increase the e-commerce sales and create employment on a large scale. This boom among the recruitment not only shows the important role of the region in employment generation, but it also has a major contributor to India’s view of becoming an economy of $ 5 lakh crore by 2025.