01244nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100004800041245008200089260003300171300003400204520086300238773003301101260427b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMahapatra, Sushanta Kumar and  Meher, Madan  aDigital platforms, green services and new informal work: Opportunity or trap?  aEconomic & Political Weekly   a 61(8), Feb 21, 2026: p.23-25  aIndia’s low-carbon transition is driving the emergence of new forms of “green” work, including solar installation, energy-efficiency retrofits, recycling, and circular-economy services, many of which are now facilitated by digital platforms. These platforms promise efficiency, transparency, and scalable service delivery; yet, emerging research shows that they rarely transform the structural precarity faced by informal workers. Evidence from waste systems, renewable-energy labour markets and platform-work studies indicates that while platforms can improve visibility, price discovery and access to formal contracts, they often reproduce existing hierarchies, fragmented employment relations, and exclusionary onboarding requirements.-Reproduced 

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