Union Budget 2021: Social security for gig workers will nurture risk appetite in workers, say experts The gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organisations hire independent workers for short-term commitments FP Staff February 02, 2021 11:11:12 IST Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. ANI
Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government also proposed setting up of a portal to collect information on gig-workers, building and construction workers, among others. The government said social security benefits will be extended to platform and gig workers. The gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organisations hire independent workers for short-term commitments.
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Union Budget 2021: Digitisation key to solving stumbling blocks in logistics sector There is a pressing need for a complete digital transformation of the industry to handle international shipments efficiently FP Staff January 30, 2021 06:38:42 IST Funds for digitisation of shipping, logistics sector needed. Image courtesy NOAA s National Ocean Service/Wikimedia Commons
When the pandemic struck in 2020, one of the few industrial sectors that were able to help the ecosystem was logistics. However, it faced stumbling blocks faced as the sector is not fully digitised. There is a pressing need for a complete digital transformation of the industry to handle international shipments efficiently. Logistics firms shared their concerns and wish list from Budget 2021 with