Gung-ho on gig workers: Festival season cheer dispels blue-collar blues
This festival season – roughly from Onam to Diwali – is expected to breach the 700,000 mark in creation of new gig jobs. That is 75 per cent more than the 400,000 in last year’s festival season.
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