30-05-2025
Ex-CM Gehlot urges Raj govt to implement gig workers law
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Jaipur: A day after Karnataka's Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance received the governor's nod, former Rajasthan chief minister
Ashok Gehlot
said the Rajasthan govt should enforce the pioneering legislation that was passed by the Congress govt in 2023.
The law, he said, aims to ensure social security and dignified living standards for gig workers.
"We feel proud and are extremely happy that in keeping with the sentiments of Rahul Gandhi, the Gig Workers Welfare Act was made for the first time in the country in 2023 under the Congress govt in Rajasthan. It was appreciated and discussed all over the world. This law has provisions for a welfare fund, insurance, working hours, etc.,
for gig workers," Gehlot wrote on 'X'. "Rahulji is fighting a long battle for the rights of the weaker sections.
..for the social security of lakhs of youth working in internet-based companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, and Zomato. We should strengthen his hands. I want to appeal to the govt of Rajasthan to implement this law made by our govt in 2023 and give gig workers the right to social security and respectable living," he added.
