Context :
Good
job ! How gig economy has changed the employment landscape in pandemic times
( Business Line / 09 Mar 2021 )
Extract :
Ø This
year’s Economic Survey noted India becoming one of the world’s largest
flexi-staffing or “gig-work “ economies, thanks to the emergence of digital
technologies
Ø Estimated
No of Gig Workers…………. 3 million in a work force
of around 500 million
Ø Maximum
demand for gig workers :
# Last mile delivery of essential goods
# Creation,
moderation and cataloguing of digital content
# Tele-sales and Operations Management
# Online proctoring or remote online exam
invigilation
PROMINENT FACILITATORS OF GIG WORKING :
[ A ]
Nimish Sharma , CEO and co-founder
, Workex [ nimish@workex.xyz / support@workex.xyz ]
Highlights :
# On its
digital platform, Workex lists gig jobs from over 500 cities
# In the pre-pandemic days, nearly 60 % of the assignments came from
companies in Delhi, Maharashtra
and
peak of the lockdown
# “ Blue collar work is almost entirely a local demand-supply market. Businesses
prefer blue-collar
workers who
explains Nimish Sharma
[ B ]
Annanya Sarthak, CEO and
co-founder, Awign [ sarthak@awign.com ]
Highlights :
# ( Awign ) is not a job-listing platform. Instead, it contracts large chunks of
projects from
companies big and
fractions of a large task to thousands of gig workers
# With nearly 8 lakh gig workers on its platform, Awign claims to have utilized
the services of more than 90,000
# About a third of those enrolled on its platform are college students
# In the nine months since the pandemic, more than 2.5 LAKH gig workers
have executed
nearly 2 MILLION ,
“
# In Jan 2021 alone, nearly 2,500 gig workers helped in creating 1,25,000
pieces of DIGITAL
CONTENT every
# “ That’s why we are witnessing an EXPLOSION in the demand for DIGITAL
CONTENT gigs “ , said Sarthak
# The average salary of a Gig Worker on Digital Platforms increased from Rs
10,000-15,000 to Rs 15,000 –
# The ability to break down complex Digital Projects into a series of tiny,
repeatable
tasks allows Awign to
workers who can execute them after undergoing a training session that lasts
about an hour
# “ Anyone who is a graduate with decent communications skill and access to a
Camera-enabled computer, could
It entails monitoring of exam takers to ensure there is no wrongdoing and
answering simple
scientific calculator can be used.
Exam proctoring can
Sarthak
# In a country of India’s size, educational institutions, the various arms of the
Government
and the Private Sector
TESTS and exams annually
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MY TAKE :
For past few years , I have been requesting our Policy
Makers to focus and facilitate, SELF EMPLOYMENT,
since it is simply impossible to generate 12 MILLION new jobs each year, year
after year
Above-mentioned article clearly demonstrates that, if my suggestions are considered , it is entirely possible to create 12 MILLION , "Self Employed " every year
Following is a ( partial ) list of my 64 e-mails sent to our
Cabinet Ministers , on this matter :
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2021 [ 3 ]
Small Steps for
Small Firms ? Not enough………………………[ 07 Mar
2021 ]
Gaining Ground :
Virtually ………………………………………………………[ 01 Mar 2021 ]