Overview
- The Telangana Assembly, which passed the Bill on Monday, created a legal framework for platform workers that the state estimates will cover about four lakh riders and drivers.
- A new Social Security and Welfare Board will register workers, issue unique IDs, and open direct access to government schemes.
- Aggregator platforms must pay 1–2% of each transaction into a state fund and file electronic returns every three months, with fines that escalate from Rs 50,000 to five times unpaid dues for repeat breaches.
- The law requires company dispute panels and district grievance desks, full clarity on order allocation and pay calculations, and penalties for arbitrary rate cuts or sudden deactivation.
- The next phase turns to rules and enforcement, as other states with similar laws have struggled to implement them and only Jharkhand has operationalised its framework so far.