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NCAER Gig Economy Initiative

Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Technology & Skills Industry Technology

Sponsored by Prosus

NCAER Project Team Bornali Bhandari, Ajaya Kumar Sahu, Kemparaje Urs Subbaraje Urs, Nishika Pal, Poonam Dhawan, Praveen Sachdeva, Gautam Kumar Das, Karan Raj and Sharon Thomas

External Team Samarth Gupta
Project Status
Ongoing

The programme seeks to research and highlight the socio-economic impact of platform work and platform companies in India. Depending on the sector, the platform economy model works differently. The current work program will focus on holistically studying the food delivery platform sector. The programme is split into 3 parts.

In Part 1 : We will study the socio-economic impact of food delivery platforms on workers

In Part 2:  We will assesses the impact of food delivery platforms on restaurants & cloud kitchens

In Part 3: We will evaluate the systemic impact of food delivery platforms on economic output and labour market

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December 18 2025

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As part of the NCAER Gig Economy Initiative, on December 18, 2025, the NCAER released two reports on the food...   Read More

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August 28 2023

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The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) organised an in-person event to launch its pioneering report, Socio-economic impact assessment...   Read More

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December 07 2021

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NCAER launched a new NCAER research programme on the “Gig Economy”.  The proposed programme seeks to holistically analyse the socio-economic...   Read More

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