India’s retail market boom is building capital, but for many new traders, it is also becoming a risky substitute for secure income and paid work.c
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India’s gig economy runs on opacity and precarity. Without binding regulation, workers face volatile pay, arbitrary deactivations and zero legal recourse.
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