Current Affair Quizzes

As gig economy platforms grow in India with millions of delivery drivers, ride-share operators, and freelancers working without traditional employment benefits, should social security provisions like health insurance, accident coverage, and retirement benefits be the responsibility of platforms voluntarily partnering with insurers, or should the government mandate comprehensive benefits similar to formal employment, even if it increases costs and potentially reduces flexibility that attracts workers to gig platforms?

Do voluntary corporate-insurance partnerships like Covrzy-Namma Yatri genuinely protect gig workers, or are they inadequate band-aids that allow platforms to avoid formal employment responsibilities while appearing socially conscious, ultimately requiring government intervention to ensure universal, mandatory protections that may fundamentally alter the gig economy model?