New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- Online food delivery, e-commerce and quick-commerce companies like Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit, and Zepto are among several others who will now have to allocate up to 2% of their annual turnover towards the gig and platform workers as India unveils new labour codes on 21 November 2025.

On Friday, India announced four Labour Codes, which will come into effect on an immediate basis from 21 November 2025. The Labour Codes will rationalise the 29 existing labour laws in the country.

Through this move, India has also officially defined "gig workers", "platform workers", and "aggregators" for the first time under the new Labour Codes.

The new Labour Code mandates that the aggregator companies which extend employment to the ...