Centre Notifies Social Security Board for Gig, Platform and Unorganised Workers

The central government has officially <b>notified a social security board</b> dedicated to gig workers, platform workers, and unorganised sector employees across the country. This crucial administrative step aims to finally bring formal oversight and welfare frameworks to millions of informal workers who drive India's booming digital economy. While corporate boardrooms and app-based aggregators built billion-dollar empires on the backs of flexible labor, the workforce itself has long navigated endless bureaucratic red tape without basic safety nets. For years, ground realities exposed a glaring systemic vacuum where delivery partners and gig workers lacked basic formal security despite fueling consumer convenience. This newly formed board, chaired by the Union labour and employment minister, now holds the administrative mandate to turn welfare promises into actual ground-level protection.