01063nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100005000041245010500091260003300196300003400229520065700263773003300920260624b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a Mahapatra, Sushanta Kumar, and Meher, Madan   aWelfare fees, welfare boards and platform capture in India’s Gig economy: The Karnataka experiment  aEconomic & Political Weekly   a 61(23), Jun 6, 2026: p.27-29  aWhile Karnataka’s Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025 aims to formalise precarious labour and guarantee insurance, pensions, and grievance mechanisms, its real-world impact remains uncertain. Platforms may shift the levy to workers via lower commissions or to consumers through higher prices, and compliance costs may disadvantage smaller aggregators, reinforcing market concentration. Karnataka’s experiment highlights both the promise and perils of subnational innovation in India’s gig economy. – Reproduced 

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