Bhubaneswar, Dec. 10 -- Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha recently urged the Centre to terminate 10-minute delivery services, calling them 'cruelty' towards gig workers who are pressured to meet extreme deadlines and work in hazardous conditions.

Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour last week, Chadha argued that behind every quick-commerce notification stands a precarious worker 'who is someone's father, husband, brother or son'.

He described delivery personnel of food, grocery and service platforms as the 'invisible wheels of the Indian economy', yet lacking protections that traditional labour receives. He also flagged three structural issues affecting gig workers: pressure linked to delivery speed, customer behaviour and h...