{"id":238360,"date":"2023-04-17T20:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=238360"},"modified":"2023-04-19T15:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:12:59","slug":"blink-its-not-gone-ecommerce-labour-protests-speak-to-the-larger-problem-of-not-enough-regular-non-farm-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blink-its-not-gone-ecommerce-labour-protests-speak-to-the-larger-problem-of-not-enough-regular-non-farm-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink, It\u2019s Not Gone \u2013 Ecommerce labour protests speak to the larger problem of not enough regular non-farm jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cBlink, It\u2019s Not Gone \u2013 Ecommerce labour protests speak to the larger problem of not enough regular non-farm jobs\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>17<sup>th<\/sup> April 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Growth and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong><strong>concerns associated with gig platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The delivery executive of Blinkit has gone on strike in the National Capital Region. The strike is over Blinkit\u2019s revised rates and benefits that drastically reduce minimum earnings on orders.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the issues with tech-driven commerce platforms?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most of the commerce platforms <strong>aren\u2019t profitable and depend on investor capital<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When investors demand profits or cash runs thin, these companies cut pay and benefits for their delivery executives. This ultimately affects the earnings of delivery agents and makes gig jobs less attractive.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why are gig jobs preferred in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>People often prefer gig platforms due to <strong>the lack of steady non-farm jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As per <strong>Periodic Labour Force Survey 2021-22,<\/strong> most additional jobs in the country are being created in the self-employed category. <strong>This implies that there are not enough salaried jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hence, the young workforce in India is left with the choice between accepting low-paying gig work with poor working conditions or returning to their villages for unproductive farm work.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What can be the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>economy needs to create many more regular jobs for the burgeoning workforce, especially in the manufacturing and services sectors.<\/strong> This will provide better working conditions for the young workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cBlink, It\u2019s Not Gone \u2013 Ecommerce labour protests speak to the larger problem of not enough regular non-farm jobs\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a017th April 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Growth and Development Relevance: concerns associated with gig platforms News: The delivery executive of Blinkit has&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blink-its-not-gone-ecommerce-labour-protests-speak-to-the-larger-problem-of-not-enough-regular-non-farm-jobs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blink, It\u2019s Not Gone \u2013 Ecommerce labour protests speak to the larger problem of not enough regular non-farm jobs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[7481,216,10496],"class_list":["post-238360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gig-workers","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704888172},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}