India, March 11 -- The Delhi government formed a committee to implement a slew of welfare schemes for gig workers-a promise the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections-and it will now develop a portal to registers workers operating in the national capital, officials aware of the development said.

A senior government official, requesting not to be named, said the panel of bureaucrats will formulate steps to implement schemes.

"The committee's initial task would be creation of a portal where all such workers can be registered. The rest of the welfare measures will follow later," the official said.

In the run-up to the elections, the BJP, in its "Sankalpa Patra" (manifesto), said it will establish a...