Hyderabad, Nov. 14 -- Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the Telangana Gig Workers' Social Security and Welfare Scheme would provide gig workers access to information about their work, completed rides and earnings through their mobile phones.

Addressing the launch of the scheme, Rahul Gandhi said that the 21st century was driven by data, with data centres being established across the country and companies such as Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and Uber relying on data for their operations.

"The 21st century is the century of data. Data is discussed across the country; data centres are being set up. Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Uber - all of these function on the strength of data. But gig workers were not gettin...