What Gig Work Means for Women in India w/ Noopur Raval
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In the Northeast of India, the Gig Economy Flourishes
Until very recently, am estimate suggested that about 90 % of the economic activity in india happened in the informal sector. Informal work is recognized as legal, and there's legislation that governs how informal work should happen. But it is also understood that there's a lot of scope for exploitation just simply not paying wages. Ah, a lot of sexual harassment also happens and goes unchecked because people in the informal economy. So anyway, the gig economy flourishes both in the north and the south of india, for sure, also in the western parts of India.
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