The new welfare scheme provides gig workers with Rs 5 lakh in accident insurance coverage and Rs 10 lakh in health insurance protections. Additionally, delivery personnel across every city in the state will receive 1% of every transaction for each delivery fulfilled. Operating companies are mandated to provide these delivery funds directly to the gig workers' board, which will then disburse the payments straight into worker bank accounts.
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Platform companies are mandated to finance the welfare program by contributing a percenta…: Platform companies are mandated to finance the welfare program by contributing a percentage from every individual delivery transaction.
The gig workers' board will collect corporate contributions before depositing the funds d…: The gig workers' board will collect corporate contributions before depositing the funds directly into workers' bank accounts.
The comprehensive welfare framework formally extends institutional healthcare and acciden…: The comprehensive welfare framework formally extends institutional healthcare and accident safety nets to delivery personnel statewide.
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The Telangana government will provide gig workers with accident insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh and health insurance of Rs 10 lakh, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi announced on Saturday.
Speaking at the launch of the Telangana Gig Workers’ Social Security and Welfare Scheme in Hyderabad, Gandhi said workers would also receive 1% of every transaction for each delivery, with the amount credited directly to their bank accounts.
"Most importantly, you will get 1% of every transaction for every delivery directly into your bank accounts. The company will have to give you this in every city of Telangana," Gandhi said.
He explained that the money would first go to the gig workers' board, which would then transfer it directly to the workers' bank accounts.
The measures were announced as part of the new welfare scheme for gig workers in Telangana.
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