Nitin Pai quoted in Business India on social security for gig economy workers

Nitin Pai, Director & Co-founder of the Takshashila Institution was quoted in the cover story of Business India on the rise of the gig economy. He was quoted as saying:

“Nitin Pai, co-founder, Takshashila Institution, a public policy research organisation, adds that the Rajasthan Act is clearly well-intentioned and creates an enabling statutory framework for gig worker welfare, but unless implemented on the basis of sound economic reasoning, can end up in failure or worse. The Act does well to focus on creating an inclusive governance structure and raising finances to support welfare objectives.

However, Pai feels that it is silent on the actual social security system architecture, the nuts and bolts of how the programme will work, and leaves the proposal’s design and implementation to the bureaucracy.”

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