Meanwhile, the activists say that the department should go for strict checking to keep the child labourers at bay. “In a city like Bengaluru, there may be greater awareness against child labourers.
The Karnataka State Newspaper Delivery Workers Accident Benefit & Welfare Scheme is one social security scheme that they can avail of in times of crisis. To ensure that all vendors are fully on board with this scheme, in collaboration with the Karnataka Labour Department, we are organising a workshop to help newspaper delivery vendors to register in this scheme.
The health-tech company raised $25 million in March 2022, but its workforce shrank from 2000 to 200 in the following months. The company shut operations in February this year.