India, March 1 -- The state government has scrapped the idea of a separate law for gig and platform workers and will constitute a national social security board for their welfare instead. The labour department estimates that there are at least one million gig workers working for around 350 platforms involved in online services.

Replying to a question in the legislative assembly on Saturday, labour minister Akash Fundkar said that the state government would not implement its earlier announcement of a separate law for gig workers. "After the central government's Code of Social Security, 2020, there is no need for a separate state law," he said, adding that states like Rajasthan had had to scrap their separate law.

Fundkar declared that th...