Taxing the invisible workforce: Why India must tax platforms, not gig workers - CNBC TV18

Every morning, before most of urban India has stirred, a delivery rider in Mumbai or Bengaluru straps on a helmet, checks the charge on a borrowed smartphone, and logs into an app that will decide the rhythm of his next twelve hours . He owns no shop, holds no inventory, issues no invoice, and has never heard of a GST return. NITI Aayog estimates 7.7 million such gig workers in 2020 – 21, projecte…