Many experts believe a separate Act should ensure social and economic benefits to gig workers. Such an Act should be apart from the social security measures provided in labour codes passed by Parliament but yet to be implemented, they say.

According to the code on social security, aggregators will have to provide one to two per cent of their turnover or five per cent of gig workers' wages for a social security fund. Experts believe that it is not enough and there should be a separate legal framework for them. A framework like that however would complicate the government’s aim of simpler labour laws.

Ramaseshan R, director at BHI Capital and executive member of the Tamil Chamber of Commerce, said there should be a separate Act to deal with gig workers.

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"First we need to understand that gig workers have multiple employers and there is no contract of duration. A different type of voluntary freelancing service is rendered. This is not like normal contract labour. It has lot of complexities and intricacies involved," he said.

Gig workers have not been addressed in depth in the labour codes and deducting a percentage of company turnover or wages will not their solve problems, he said

Nirupama Soundararajan, economist and CEO of Pahle India Foundation, said the codes do not take into account the gig economy.

"For example, the fact is that gig workers would work for multiple employees. Even if the code does mandate...

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