Set up a Gig Workers' Welfare Board with Rs 3,000 crore seed money
“To establish a Gig Workers' Welfare Board with allotment of Rs.3,000 Crs as seed money for revolving fund.”
The verdict
The Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025 was passed and notified, and the Welfare Board was constituted by January 2026. The fund is financed by a 1-5% fee on payouts charged to platforms; no Rs 3,000 crore state seed allocation was found. Provisional rating.
Rule applied: In progress: deadline not reached; rating is provisional and not counted in the final score
Evidence timeline
- Research7 Oct 2025· King Stubb & KasivasupportsKarnataka notifies platform-based gig workers welfare law ↗
“The act establishes a Welfare Board and a Social Security and Welfare Fund, financed through a welfare fee of 1-5% of each transaction payout to gig workers, payable by aggregators.”
- News29 Jan 2026· MediaNamasupportsKarnataka Gig Worker Board Formed, Platforms Get 45 Days ↗
“a notification constituting the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers Welfare Board under the Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025”
More jobs promises from this manifesto
Yuva Nidhi: Rs 3,000 a month to unemployed graduates and Rs 1,500 to diploma holders for two years
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Fill all approved vacancies in government departments within one year
“The one-year hiring drive is now in its fourth year, still interviewing the calendar.”
Reserve 80% of jobs in Karnataka for local people in both public and private sectors
“The Kannadiga-first jobs bill is local all right: it never left the Cabinet room.”
Promise ID inc-ka-2023-014 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON