Karnataka Assembly clears gig workers welfare bill, mandates 1–5% welfare fee

The Karnataka Assembly has passed the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2025, making it the first southern state to roll out a dedicated law for app-based workers. 

The bill mandates the creation of a Gig Workers Welfare Fund, financed through a welfare fee of 1–5% on each payout to workers, to be collected by aggregators from each transaction. Apart from this levy, the fund will also receive contributions from gig workers themselves, as well as state and central government grants, according to a legislative…