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COVID-19 Charter Of Recommendations on Gig Work
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by
Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Apr 30, 2020
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last modified
May 13, 2020 08:53 AM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Gig Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Future of Work,
Featured,
Network Economies,
Homepage
Tandem Research and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a webinar on 9 April 2020, with unions representing gig workers and researchers studying labour rights and gig work, to uncover the experiences of gig workers during the lockdown. Based on the discussion, the participants of the webinar have drafted a set of recommendations for government agencies and platform companies to safeguard workers’ well being. Here are excerpts from this charter of recommendation shared with multiple central and state government agencies and platforms companies.
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RAW
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Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ Fictive Kinship Relations in Mumbai App-based Food Delivery
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by
Simiran Lalvani
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published
Dec 04, 2019
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last modified
May 19, 2020 06:25 AM
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Network Economies,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Simiran Lalvani is the first among a series of writings by researchers associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by the Azim Premji University, that were published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who co-led the project concerned.
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RAW
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Zothan Mawii - COVID-19 and Relief Measures for Gig Workers in India
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by
Zothan Mawii (Tandem Research)
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published
Apr 14, 2020
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last modified
May 19, 2020 05:41 AM
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filed under:
Gig Work,
Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Future of Work,
Network Economies,
Researchers at Work
CIS is cohosted a webinar with Tandem Research on the impact of the COVID-19 response on the gig economy on 9 April 2020. It was a closed door discussion between representatives of workers' unions, labour activists, and researchers working on gig economy and workers' rights to highlight the demands of workers' groups in the transport, food delivery and care work sectors. We saw this as an urgent intervention in light of the disruption to the gig economy caused by the nationwide lockdown to limit proliferation of COVID-19. This is a summary of the discussions that took place in the webinar authored by Zothan Mawii, a Research Fellow at Tandem Research.
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RAW
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Parichiti - Domestic Workers’ Access to Secure Livelihoods in West Bengal
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by
Anchita Ghatak
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published
Dec 30, 2020
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last modified
Dec 30, 2020 10:01 AM
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filed under:
Gig Work,
Research,
Network Economies,
Publications,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
This report by Anchita Ghatak of Parichiti presents findings of a pilot study conducted by the author and colleagues to document the situation of women domestic workers (WDWs) in the lockdown and the initial stages of the lifting of restrictions. This study would not have been possible without the WDWs who agreed to be interviewed for this study and gave their time generously. We are grateful to Dr Abhijit Das of the Centre for Health and Social Justice for his advice and help. The report is edited by Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon, and this work forms a part of the CIS’s project on gender, welfare and surveillance supported by Privacy International, United Kingdom.
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RAW
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DWRU, BBGS & MKU - The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Invisible Workers of the Household Economy
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by
Geeta Menon
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published
Jun 16, 2020
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last modified
Jun 19, 2020 12:34 PM
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filed under:
Covid19,
Research,
Network Economies,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Domestic Work
Domestic Workers Rights Union (DWRU), Bruhat Bangalore Gruhakarmika Sangha (BBGS), and Manegelasa Kaarmikara Union (MKU) have prepared a report on the invisibilisation of domestic workers under the Covid-19 pandemic and a set of demands directed at the government and resident welfare associations (RWAs) for better, dignified and just treatment of domestic workers in Karnataka. We at CIS are proud to contribute to and publish this work as part of the ongoing 'Feminist Internet Research Network' project supported by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC).
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RAW
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RBI Consultation Paper on P2P Lending: Summary
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by
Pavishka Mittal
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published
May 18, 2016
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last modified
May 18, 2016 12:12 PM
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filed under:
Sharing Economy,
Reserve Bank of India,
Research,
Network Economies,
P2P Lending,
Researchers at Work
The Reserve Bank of India published a Consultation Paper on Peer-to-Peer Lending on April 28, 2016. The Paper proposes to bring the P2P lending platforms under the purview of RBI’s regulation by defining P2P platforms as NBFCs under section 45I(f)(iii) of the RBI Act. Once notified as NBFCs, RBI can issue regulations under sections 45JA and 45L. The last date for submission of comments to the Consultation Paper is May 31, 2016. In this post, Pavishka Mittal presents a summary of the Paper.
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RAW
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CISxScholars Delhi - William F. Stafford (Nov 03, 6:30 pm)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 01, 2016
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last modified
Mar 13, 2019 12:30 AM
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filed under:
CISxScholars,
Data Systems,
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Network Economies,
Homepage,
Event
We are delighted to have William F. Stafford, PhD candidate in UC Berkeley, present on "Public Measurements, Private Measurements, and the Convergence of Units" at the CIS office in Delhi on Thursday, Nov 03, at 6:30 pm. Please RSVP if you are joining us: <
[email protected]>.
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Policy Shaping in the Indian IT Industry: Recommendations by NASSCOM on Transfer Pricing, 2014-2016
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by
Pavishka Mittal
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published
Jul 29, 2016
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last modified
Jul 29, 2016 08:39 AM
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filed under:
Transfer Pricing Policy,
NASSCOM,
Network Economies,
Industrial Policy,
Researchers at Work
This is the final part of a series of three blog posts, authored by Pavishka Mittal, tracking the engagements by NASSCOM and iSPIRT in suggesting and shaping the IT industry policies in India during 2006-2016. This post aims to explain the law of transfer pricing in India, and the suggestions made by NASSCOM regarding the same. Transfer pricing is regarded as one of the most controversial operations of multinationals resulting in tax avoidance and arbitrage.
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RAW
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Sarah Zia - Not knowing as pedagogy: Ride-hailing drivers in Delhi
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by
Sarah Zia
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published
Dec 18, 2019
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last modified
May 19, 2020 06:35 AM
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Network Economies,
Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Sarah Zia is the second among a series of writings by researchers associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by the Azim Premji University, that were published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who co-led the project.
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RAW
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Anushree Gupta - Ladies ‘Log’: Women’s Safety and Risk Transfer in Ridehailing
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by
Anushree Gupta
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published
Jan 01, 2020
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last modified
May 19, 2020 06:29 AM
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Network Economies,
Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Anushree Gupta is the third among a series of writings by researchers associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by the Azim Premji University, that were published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who co-led the project concerned.
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RAW
