New Delhi, July 30 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday hit out at the Indian government for abstaining from a vote on the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on "decent work in the Platform Economy", which is aimed at minimum standards for gig workers.

"The Indian government's decision to abstain on the ILO's Convention on "decent work in the Platform Economy", which establishes minimum conditions for gig workers and which Indian employers and workers both voted to support, is a national disgrace," Tharoor said in a post on X.

At its 114th session in Geneva, on June 12, the ILO adopted the convention concerning decent work in the platform economy, the first of its kind to protect gig workers. It establishes binding ...