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Kerala To Form Welfare Fund For Gig Workers
10 May 2022
The state government will mediate in disputes regarding wages or termination.
Sandip Chakraborty
WB: App-Based Delivery Workers Seek Govt Intervention on Employment Conditions
11 Mar 2022
Trade union organisers find workers in the gig economy, unlike those in other sectors, extremely eager to form unions, signalling at their particularly depraved working conditions.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Small Retailers Organise ‘Asmbhav’ to Highlight ‘Malpractices’ of Amazon, Other E-tailers
16 Apr 2021
As Amazon organises its annual event ‘Smbhav’, retailers associations allege that the e-commerce companies are organising events to hide their ‘malpractices’.
PTI
NGT Directs CPCB to Fine Amazon, Flipkart for Excessive Plastic Packaging
12 Sep 2020
The tribunal called for environmental audit of e-commerce firms and sought an action taken report before October 14.
Praneta Jha
3 Retail Deals in 3 Years for Amazon: Deal With Future Group to Close Soon
07 Nov 2019
With the world’s largest retailing companies setting their sights on Indian retail market, domestic traders fear demise as sector appears headed towards an oligopoly.
Amit Gupta and Vidhi Goel
Should Competition Commission Seize Online Discounts?
03 Nov 2019
Amazon and Flipkart are just two in the long list of e-commerce websites selling everything and anything under the sun and offering discounts to attract consumers.
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Ola, Uber, Foodpanda are Some of the Worst Employers, Finds Study
02 Apr 2019
Twelve of India’s most successful technology-based startups were ranked on the overall working conditions for their drivers and delivery persons. The results indicate they do not care much about…
Prabir Purkayastha
Global Rich Gathered in Davos to Push for Rules Enabling Digital Colonisation
26 Jan 2019
They talk about what the shift of these discussions, which should ideally take place at World Trade Organization, to the WEF signify.
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Tightening of FDI Norms for E-commerce Unlikely To Change Fortunes of Small Traders, Producers
02 Jan 2019
The commerce ministry issued stricter norms for online marketplaces like Flipkart and Amazon after a slew of complaints and protests by domestic retailers’ and traders’ organisations against the…
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Smaller Online Sellers Write to PMO Over Exploitative Practices of Amazon, Flipkart
13 Dec 2018
The All India Online Vendors’ Association has berated the government for its silence and non-responsiveness towards traders’ complaints, alleging that control of Indian online retail is being passed…