Karnataka Platform-Based mostly Gig Employees (Social Safety and Welfare) Invoice, 2025, proposes a welfare charge of 1 to five % of the payout to the employee throughout every transaction, for various classes of aggregators or platforms.
The Invoice offers for transparency in automated monitoring and decision-making techniques to supply dispute decision mechanisms; set up a gig employees welfare board; create a welfare fund for platform-based gig employees; and require platform-based gig employees to be registered with the Board.
Additionally, present registration of aggregators or platforms; and supply revenue safety and cheap working situations to the platform-based gig employees.
Earlier, the Karnataka Platform-Based mostly Gig Employees (Social Safety and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025 was promulgated in Could, because the matter was pressing and each Homes of the State Legislature weren't in session.
Piloting the Invoice for the consideration of the Home, Labour Minister Santosh Lad stated, “Gig financial system, supply companies — e-commerce or meals supply — are rising in an enormous manner year-on-year. Based on the NITI Ayog report, by 2029-30, about 23.5 million employees are anticipated to be a part of it. As per the data we've in Karnataka, it's about 4 lakh gig employees.” Noting that gig employees work each full and part-time, they usually work amid site visitors and air pollution, he stated, “to earn Rs 1,600 to 1,800 he has to work for 16 hours. One work is taken into account one gig, and a employee might get 25 to 30 gigs.” Guidelines below this laws are already in course of, he stated.”Welfare charge of 1-5 % of a gig employee's payout can be collected. This can't be equally utilized to everybody as Swiggy, Zomato companies can be completely different from e-commerce and so forth. They're completely different varieties of companies. So 1-5 per cent is not going to be levied equally on everybody. We'll focus on and resolve on it whereas framing guidelines.”
The provisions of the invoice are relevant to companies supplied by aggregator or platform — trip sharing companies; meals and grocery supply companies; logistics companies; e-Market place (each market and stock mannequin) for wholesale/retail sale of products and/or companies – Enterprise to Enterprise /Enterprise to Client (B2B/B2C); skilled exercise supplier; healthcare; journey and hospitality; and content material and media companies.
Lad stated, as per the invoice, an aggregator can't terminate a gig employee from service with out prior discover of 14 days and with out offering legitimate causes in writing.
The Meeting additionally handed the Karnataka Municipal Firms (Modification) Invoice that can enable municipal commissioners to regularise illegal buildings by levying a penalty.
It additionally exempts small properties from requiring graduation certificates (CC) and occupancy certificates (OC).
The Karnataka Ports (Touchdown and Transport Charges) (Modification) Invoice was additionally handed. The Invoice goals to revise the charges on items shipped in such intervals, as prescribed by the principles; and to extend or lower the share of charge by the Authorities by notification if charges are usually not revised inside time.
Additionally handed was the Karnataka Important Providers Upkeep (Modification) Invoice, with an intention to increase the provisions of the stated unique Act for an additional interval of ten years.
The unique act goals to curb unlawful strikes, guaranteeing the supply of important companies to the individuals.
The Karnataka Souharda Sahakari (Modification) Invoice, 2025 was additionally handed by the Meeting to make Souharda Cooperatives preserve 20 % of the whole deposits as State Statutory Liquid Reserve to handle rising instances of misappropriation.
The transfer is alleged to be aimed toward defending the pursuits of depositors.
Amongst different issues, the Invoice additionally offers for funds which aren't instantly required to be used by a Souharda Co-operative to be invested or deposited exterior its enterprise.
