Decode analysed earnings data shared by 340 gig workers across six Indian cities. The median take-home pay was lower than the minimum wage. The platforms continue to scale.
Srijit Das
Data reporter, labour and platforms
Srijit works the data side of Decode's labour and platform desks — wage transparency, gig-economy enforcement, and the algorithms that decide who gets hired. He holds a master's in public policy from the National Institute of Public Finance and joined Decode in 2024.
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The Supreme Court's latest gig-worker hearing turned on a single question: who is responsible when a 'fair-distribution' algorithm makes a rider unhirable?
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