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AI Policy Aspects of the Karnataka Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025

Abhivardhan
May 30
5 min read

Updated: Jun 20

The Governor of the State of Karnataka had promulgated an ordinance entitled the Karnataka Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025. This ordinance by design addresses certain labour law and employment-related health and safety issues associated with the ever-growing demographic of gig workers in the State of Karnataka.

While the ordinance focuses on primordial labour law and policy issues since gig workers may not receive similar benefits as "employees", there are some AI policy aspects around the contents of the ordinance, which merits a reasonable analysis of this ordinance.

Since this ordinance seems to be in force (post-promulgation), this explainer addresses the core AI policy and industry aspects around this ordinance, which is perhaps the first ever AI policy measure done by any Indian Statement at a legislative level, for it being comprehensive, and unique.