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Why are delivery platforms challenging Karnataka's gig workers act?
short by Jessica Rajan / on Tuesday, 7 July, 2026
Karnataka's Gig Workers Act, 2025 is India's first comprehensive state law to create a social security framework for platform workers. It requires aggregators to contribute to a welfare fund for registered gig workers. Delivery platforms and IAMAI have challenged the law, arguing it overlaps with the Centre's social security code and could lead to duplicate compliance requirements.
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