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Define the concept of ‘gig’ economy and discuss its impact on labour market and workers’ social security net.

  • UPSC 2024
  • Works and Economic Life

The word "gig" comes from musicians' one-off engagements. The gig economy is a labour market in which work is organised as short-term, task-based engagements, usually mediated by digital platforms, with workers treated as independent contractors rather than employees. India's Code on Social Security, 2020 defines a gig worker as one who earns outside a traditional…

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