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IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19
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by
Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
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published
Sep 17, 2020
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last modified
Jun 29, 2021 07:27 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
This report, by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, explores the responses to the outbreak of Covid-19 by digital platform based companies, trade unions, and governments to help out workers for digital platform based companies hereafter app based workers during the lockdown. The research work in this article is a characterization of the struggles of app based workers during the global pandemic and how it has affected and changed the world of work for them. The surveys were conducted amongst the workforce working for app based companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato etc. This study is partially supported by CIS as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications.
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RAW
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IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety
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by
Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
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published
Jun 25, 2021
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last modified
Jun 29, 2021 06:53 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
Between July to November 2019, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, conducted 2,128 surveys across 6 major cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Lucknow, to determine the occupational health and safety of app-based transport workers. CIS is proud to publish the study report and the press release. Akash Sheshadri, Ambika Tandon, and Aayush Rathi of CIS supported post-production of this report.
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RAW
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Inputs to the Report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Dec 30, 2020
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last modified
Dec 30, 2020 09:40 AM
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filed under:
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Economy,
Data Governance,
Submissions
This submission presents a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society, India (CIS) to the draft Report on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework prepared by the Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan. The inputs are authored by Aayush Rathi, Aman Nair, Ambika Tandon, Pallavi Bedi, Sapni Krishna, and Shweta Mohandas (in alphabetical order), and reviewed by Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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RAW
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Karnataka’s uniform fare policy—Do attempts at parity consider the impact on workers?
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by
Chiara Furtado and Nishkala Sekhar
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published
Jul 08, 2024
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Researchers at Work,
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy
Chiara Furtado and Nishkala Sekhar write in The News Minute about the Karnataka transport department’s February 2024 fare policy aiming for parity between aggregator (app-based) and other taxis. While policy interventions towards parity is a welcome step, the article highlights how inequalities and systemic barriers to parity remain for workers.
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RAW
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Labour futures: Intersectional responses to southern digital platform economies
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Jan 27, 2021 08:43 AM
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy
It is our great pleasure to announce that we are undertaking a two-year research project to comprehensively analyse dominant and emerging sectors in India’s platform economies. The project is funded by a research grant of USD 200,000 from the Internet Society Foundation.
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RAW
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MediaNama - #NAMAprivacy: The Future of User Data (Delhi, Sep 6)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Sep 05, 2017
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last modified
Sep 05, 2017 10:22 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Digital Economy,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Data Governance,
Data Protection,
Digital Rights
MediaNama is hosting a full day conference on "the future of user data in India", on the 6th of September 2017, which is particularly significant given the recent Supreme Court ruling on the fundamental right to privacy, and two government consultations: one at the TRAI, and another at MEITY. This discussion is supported by Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, will participate as a speaker in the session titled "regulating storage, sharing and transfer of data."
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Millions of Indians move from cash to digital payments. But some ask whether it’s safe
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 16, 2017
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filed under:
Digital Money,
Internet Governance,
Digital Governance,
Digital Economy
Minutes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began an ambitious new mobile-phone-payment application in December, several clones of the app popped up at Android smartphone stores.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Platforming precarity: Data narratives of workers sustaining urban platform services
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by
Aayush Rathi, Abhishek Sekharan, Ambika Tandon, Chetna V. M., Chiara Furtado, Nishkala Sekhar, and Sriharsha Devulapalli
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published
Oct 15, 2024
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy,
Homepage,
Digital Labour,
Featured,
Researchers at Work
CIS conducted quantitative surveys with over 800 workers employed in the app-based taxi and delivery sectors across 4 cities in India as part of the ‘Labour Futures’ project supported by the Internet Society Foundation. The surveys covered key employment indicators, including earnings and working hours, work-related cost burdens, income and social security, and platform policies and management. Findings from these surveys are presented as data visualisation briefs centring workers’ everyday experiences. These data briefs form a foundational evidence base for policy and action around labour rights, social protection, and urban inclusion in platform work.
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RAW
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Platformisation of Domestic Work in India: Report from a Multistakeholder Consultation
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by
Tasneem Mewa
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published
Feb 17, 2020
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last modified
Feb 17, 2020 09:46 AM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
RAW Events,
Digital Labour,
Research,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Domestic Work
On November 16, 2019, The Centre for Internet and Society invited officials from the Department of Labour (Government of Karnataka), members of domestic worker unions, domestic workers, company representatives, and civil society researchers at the Student Christian Mission of India House to discuss preliminary findings of an ongoing research project and facilitate a multistakeholder consultation to understand the contemporaneous platformisation of domestic work in India. Please find here a report from this consultation authored by Tasneem Mewa.
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RAW
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Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India
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by
Aayush Rathi, and Ambika Tandon
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published
Jun 27, 2021
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 03:19 PM
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filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
RAW Research,
Homepage,
Digital Domestic Work
CIS has been undertaking a two-year project studying the entry of digital platforms in the domestic and care work in India, supported by the Association for Progressive Communications as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network. Implemented through 2019-21, the objective of the project is to use a feminist lens to critique platform modalities and orient platformisation dynamics in radically different, worker-first ways. Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi led the research team at CIS. The Domestic Workers’ Rights Union is a partner in the implementation of the project, as co-researchers. Geeta Menon, head of DWRU, was an advisor on the project, and the research team consisted of Parijatha G.P., Radha Keerthana, Zeenathunnisa, and Sumathi, who are office holders in the union and are responsible for organising workers and addressing their concerns.
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RAW
