GENERATING EMPLOYMENT THROUGH GIG WORKFORCE – SHAPING THE FUTURE OF RURAL LIVELIHOOD IN INDIA

Abstract

Purpose: The need of this research is to support of Gig economy in the places like Karjat Taluka would be very useful for the villagers situated in around 176 villages. The gig economy has great potential for rural people as it can provide up to 90 million jobs to the non-farming sector in India. More than 7.5 million workers were engaged in the gig economy in 2020-21. This could grow to 23.5 million workers in the next eight years. Most gig workers don’t have post-school education, and most learn skills through gig jobs. To address these issues, how the large-scale organizations through their CSR activities and the Indian Government to provide the free courses to learn valuable skills to begin the gig economy to improve the rural livelihood.