DIFFERENT SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED BETWEEN AGE GROUPS OF 21 TO 40 YEARS AMONGST CAB DRIVERS AND DELIVERY PERSONS WORKING AS GIG WORKERS IN DELHI ,HYDERABAD, BANGALURU ,MUMBAI ,LUCKNOW, KOLKATA ,JAIPUR AND INDORE THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY ASKING 50 QUESTIONS PER PERSON THE STUDIES CONDUCTED ON CAB DRIVERS RELATED TO THEIR JOBS FOR WORKING MORE THAN 14 TO 16 HOURS PER DAY ON STEERING WHEEL OF THE VEHICLES MADE THEM PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED AND THE WERE ASKED TO WORK FOR LONG HOURS WITHOUT ANY WEEKLY RESTS, COMPENSATORY OFFS, INSURANCES AND EXPOSED THEM TO A HIGHER RISK OF ROAD ACCIDENTS SO ALSO THEY WERE NOT GIVEN ANY INSURANCE IN CASE OF DEATH WHILE DRIVING OLA OR UBER VEHICLES OR DELIVERY BOYS OF PIZZA OWNERS ASK THE YOUNG MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS TO DELIVER PIZZA WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF ORDERS DUE TO THIS TRENDS MOST OF THE DELIVERY BOYS HAD MET WITH ACCIDENTS BUT THE COMPANY HAD NOT GIVEN THEM ANY COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF HOSPITALISATION EXPENSES INCURRED OR GIVEN ANY MONEY AS CASH COMPENSATIONS AND BEHAVED WITH THEM AS THEY ARE CASUAL LABOURERS DUE TO THIS ATTITUDE OF MANY MULTI NATIONAL COMPANIES YOUNG CHILDREN AND WORKERS SUFFER WHICH IS VERY VERY PAINFUL TO SEE THAT THOSE WHO WORK FOR THEIR FAMILIES FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS ARE NEGLECTED AND NOT GIVEN ANY TREATMENT IN CASE THEY MEET WITH SMALL OR BIG ACCIDENTS THEIR PROVIDENT FUND , ESIC ,OR GRATUITY IS ALSO NOT GIVEN MANY E COMMERCE PLATFORMS, SIMILARLY AAYAS ,MAID SERVANTS, NURSES,NANNIES PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES RUNNING SMALL OR BIG CONTRACTS ARE ASKED TO DO 12 HOURS DUTIES WITHOUT ANY REST AND THEY ARE EQUAVALENTLY TREATED LIKE CAB DRIVERS OF OLA OR UBER IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ANY WEEKLY REST DUE TO ANY SICKNESS OR ANY FAMILY EMERGENCIES THEIR PAYMENTS ARE DEDUCTED FROM THEIR MONTHLY WAGES ALSO THEY ARE WORST SUFFERERS AS THE SECURITY CONTRACTOR DOES NOT GIVE THEM ANY POCKET MONEY IN BETWEEN TO MEET EMERGENCY DEMANDS OF THEIR FAMILIES HOWEVER NO PF GRATUITY OR ANY MONETARY BENIFITS ARE GIVEN TO THOSE SECURITY PERSONNELS WHO SUFFER PARALYSIS OR DIE WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIE AS SECURITY PERSONNELS THE MAHARASHTRA LABOUR BOARD OFFICIALS ,LABOUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE DEPUTED FOR THIS JOB TOTALLY BEHAVE AS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH ACTIVITIES RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSE, EVERYTHING MOVES SMOOTHLY WITH PALM GREASING OF SUCH OFFICIALS FROM UNDERNEATH THE TABLE

IT IS FELT THAT DR MODI WILL ENSURE BETTER QUALITY OF LIVES FOR THE GIG WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY SERVING THIS SOCIETY SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF COVID 19 IN INDIA WHEN EVERYONE WERE STAYING INDOORS AND I WANT DR MODI TO PASS SOME LEGISLATION IN ASSEMBLY FOR THE GIG WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY CONTRIBUTING IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELFARE ESPECIALLY TO THOSE OLD AND INVALID MEN AND WOMEN WHO CANNOT GO OUTSIDE IN MALLS TO PURCHASE GROCERIES I REALLY SALUTE THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO THEMSELVES CREATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND WORK HARD TO MAKE OTHERS LIVES EASY BY SHARING THEIR BURDEN AND MAKING THEM HAPPY BY PROVIDING GROCRIES OR ANY HOT FOOD STUFFS WITHIN LIMITED TIMETHESE ARE THE REAL HEROES OF MAA BHARATI WHO DONT WASTE TIME ON NETFLIX BY SEEING MOVIES AND LIVE ON THE FREE FOODGRAINS SUPPLIED BY THE GOVERNMENT

FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETIRED MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA INDIA