Gig Work and Platforms during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
Gig Work and Platforms during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted workers globally. This article attempts to highlight the impact that the pandemic-lockdown and its subsequent cautious relaxation in India had on geographically tethered on-demand gig workers. The beginning of the year 2020 saw the spread of COVID-19 across the world. Taking a lesson from countries across the world, India went into a nationwide lockdown from 24 March 2020 and a subsequent phase-wise unlocking from 1 June 2020 (Pant and Shende 2020). During the lockdown, movement was allowed onl...
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