Govt may ask aggregators to pay 2% of gig workers' income towards pension

To enhance the welfare of gig workers, the government is considering collecting an amount equivalent to 2 per cent of each of their incomes from platform aggregators they are attached to — as contribution to a proposed pension scheme for this labour segment. 

All major platform aggregators such as Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, and Blinkit are likely to contribute to the pension fund.

“This amount will not be inclusive of their incomes. It will be over and above that. A platform aggregator will collect the amount and deposit it with the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) into the account of the worker.