Politics · India · 1 hr ago
India Sets Up Social Security Board for Gig and Unorganised Workers
India’s Labour Ministry has notified a national board for gig, platform and unorganised workers under the Code on Social Security.
Gig workers earn outside traditional employer-employee relationships, while platform workers do jobs through or with online platforms, such as delivery and ride-hailing apps.
The board brings these workers into formal social security policy, alongside other unorganised workers.
It will include representatives of central and state governments, companies, employers, civil society groups, unions and worker associations, and the Union labour minister will chair it.
The board will recommend welfare schemes and advise the government on applying the Social Security Code.
It will also monitor central government welfare programmes, review state-level records and examine spending, meeting at least three times a year.
No new benefits or funding have been announced; coverage of the notification differs on whether it creates one board or separate boards for unorganised workers and gig and platform workers.
India’s Union Labour Ministry has constituted a National Social Security Board for unorganised, gig and platform workers.
The board is to recommend welfare schemes and advise the government on implementing the Code on Social Security.
It will also monitor central social welfare schemes and review state-level record-keeping and spending from relevant funds and accounts.
The board will be chaired by Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and include government, employer, worker and civil society representatives.
It must meet at least three times a year, and the notification does not announce new benefits or funding.
- Who
- India’s Union Labour Ministry established the board, which will be chaired by Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
- What
- It constituted a National Social Security Board for unorganised, gig and platform workers.
- When
- Friday, October 30, 2026.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- To recommend and monitor welfare schemes and advise the government on social security for unorganised, gig and platform workers.
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- Chair
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Meeting schedule
- At least three times a year
- Legal framework
- Code on Social Security
- Mandate
- Recommend welfare schemes, advise the government and monitor social welfare programmes
- Notification
- No new benefits or financial allocation announced
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Labour Ministry sets up National Social Security Boards for unorganised, gig and platform workers
What people are saying
The board will not only help secure the future of the country’s large informal workforce but also pave the way for the effective implementation of targeted welfare schemes and social security mechanisms