New Delhi, May 29 -- India's existing legal frameworks are not adequately aligned with the rapidly growing platform economy and urgently need a structural redesign to guarantee proper welfare and social security for gig and delivery workers.

Speaking exclusively to ANI, Virjesh Upadhyay, Chairperson of the Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development (DTNBWED) under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, emphasised that current statutes fail to directly account for modern digital business structures.

"So far, the legislative structure of this country is not directly addressing the aggregators or the platform workers. So with the practice, with the evolving design, we need to find a place or redesign the existing...