Karnataka gig workers’ welfare fee to be collected from aggregators from July

Karnataka to collect gig workers' welfare fee from aggregators starting July 2026, ensuring social security for workers.

The welfare fee from aggregators and platforms operating in Karnataka towards the social security of gig workers will be collected from July 2026.

The fee will apply from the quarter beginning in April, as the notification was issued in February, and will be collected at the start of the following quarter.

Additional Labour Commissioner G. Manjunath said, “The fee is to be paid quarterly.”

As it was notified in February 2026, aggregators will first be liable to pay it for the quarter covering April, May and June. Under the law, the payment must be made by the fifth day of the first month of the following quarter. Accordingly, the welfare fee for this quarter must be paid by July 5, 2026,” Mr. Manjunath toldThe Hindu.

The welfare fee will go to the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers’ Fund to provide social security and welfare benefits to platform-based gig workers in the State. The quantum of the fee was notified as1% of every transaction for all the services in February.

While the government has asked all the aggregators operating in the State to furnish data of all the workers they engage, a few expressed reluctance, said Minister for Labour Santosh Lad.