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Gig workers preparing to deliver orders outside Swiggy's grocery warehouse in New Delhi on May 6. There are an estimated 17 million gig and platform workers in India.
PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW DELHI - On Friday evening, amid the rush of office employees returning home, Mr Bhupendra Singh sat waiting in a congested alley, next to an open drain, for his first delivery order of the day.
As a gig worker for Swiggy Instamart, a grocery delivery service, he works nine hours every night in Noida, a city adjacent to Delhi, ending his shift just before dawn.
