Gig Workers' Welfare Prog: Karnataka To Put Out Draft Rules In 2 Weeks

A day after Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot cleared the Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, labour minister Santosh Lad reportedly said that the state will release draft rules to implement service fee on online platforms, funding welfare schemes for gig workers under new ordinance in about two weeks.

The Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025, extends to aggregators, including Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon, Ola and Uber, among others.

An ET report said that the rules will also include the constitution of the gig workers’ welfare board. The government has notified the ordinance paving the way for the framing of rules as a prelude to the roll-out of the service fee on platforms to build a welfare fund.

Last month, Karnataka chief minister’s office (CMO) said in an X post that on platform aggregators such as Amazon, Flipkart, Ola, Uber, among others for the “welfare” of gig workers.

The report further said that, post finalising the rules, it will prescribe the rates of fees payable by platforms for various kinds of services, including home maintenance, grooming and spa, ride-hailing, online retail and food delivery.

“We will also start the process of constitution of the welfare board once the rules are out,” the Lad added.

(The story will be updated soon.)

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