Who is a Gig worker? New Code on Social Security for Gig Workers

Code on Social Security for Gig Workers Context: Recently, the Ministry of State for Labour and Employment told the Lok Sabha that the definition of ‘gig worker’ and ‘platform worker’ has been provided for the first time in the Code on Social Security (SS), 2020. Who is a Gig worker? According to the Code on Social Security, 2020, a…

LESSONS FROM KERALA

Source: www.thehindu.com Date: 2019-01-03 LESSONS FROM KERALA Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Last year, in October at Astana, Kazakhstan, world leaders declared their commitment to ‘Primary Care’. They were reaffirming what their predecessors had done in Alma Ata in 1978. The Alma Ata Declaration, as…