There will be over 2 crore gig workers by the end of this decade. But what are the conditions they work in? How do the platforms that rely on these gig workers to fulfill their deliveries support them? And how much do they pay them? The answer to each of the questions is dismal. Host Mugdha Variyar speaks to Balaji Parthasarathy, Professor at IIIT, Bangalore and Principal Investigator at Fairwork India, Shaik Salauddin, National General Secretary - Indian Federation Of App Based Transport Workers (IFAT), Swarnima, Partner at Trilegal, TK Balakumar, Chief Operating Officer at BigBasket.com and Sheetal, an Uber Driver from Delhi to know the ground reality.

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