{"id":40353,"date":"2023-04-27T11:53:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T06:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=40353"},"modified":"2023-04-27T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T06:23:32","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-april-27-2023-day-427","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-april-27-2023-day-427\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 April 27, 2023; Day 427"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gig&nbsp;<\/td><td>A job&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Herald&nbsp;<\/td><td>to announce publicly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tiding&nbsp;<\/td><td>news<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Moonlighting&nbsp;<\/td><td>Work a second job, usually after hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fledgling&nbsp;<\/td><td>Young and inexperienced<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flash strike&nbsp;<\/td><td>When workers go on a sudden strike without giving any prior notice to the employer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Envisage&nbsp;<\/td><td>Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grievance&nbsp;<\/td><td>A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Piece rate&nbsp;<\/td><td>A fixed-rate paid according to the quantity produced.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Corpus&nbsp;<\/td><td>Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Schema&nbsp;<\/td><td>A schematic or preliminary plan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Take off&nbsp;<\/td><td>Get started<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Promising Bill: On the Rajasthan Platform-based <strong>Gig (job) <\/strong>Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rajasthan\u2019s initiative to set up a gig workers\u2019 welfare board <strong>heralds (to announce publicly) <\/strong>good <strong>tidings (news)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With an estimated eight million people employed in an industry built on the back of the smartphone revolution, \u201cgig\u201d work has become a major source of jobs for youth in India. It goes without saying that in a country where informal labour and unemployment have defined the nature of the jobs market in the last decade, the gig economy has been a beneficial <strong>outlet <\/strong>of employment. This is especially true of youth and migrant workers, as they seek a ready and quick means of securing finances and flexible hours \u2014 an option used by informal workers who have used gigs for <strong>moonlighting (Work a second job, usually after hours)<\/strong>. With growing smartphone use and a reliance on apps for daily needs and purposes, the gig economy is only set to flourish in terms of usage and opportunities. Yet, increased competition among platforms and the availability of a cheap labour force have led to a lowering of incentives for gig workers even as their workload and uncertainty of work hours have increased significantly relative to pay, which has also become insufficient for many. Adding this to the fact that gig workers are not recognised as \u201cworkers\u201d but partners by most aggregating platforms and that they lack any social security or related benefits due to them as \u201cworkers\u201d, working conditions have become increasingly harsh in an industry that is no longer a <strong>fledgling (Young and inexperienced) <\/strong>one. This is now evident in growing <strong>flash strikes (When workers go on a sudden strike without giving any prior notice to the employer)<\/strong> by gig workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seen in this light, the decision by the Rajasthan government, to deliver a Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023, should be welcomed, even if it will be introduced before the Assembly elections later this year. While the draft Bill <strong>envisages (Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case) <\/strong>a \u201cwelfare board\u201d that will design welfare policies and hear <strong>grievances (A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action) <\/strong>of gig workers on a <strong>piece rate (A fixed rate paid according to the quantity produced) <\/strong>basis, the specificities of the policies and how they might benefit the workers are still unclear. The board is expected to work towards a social welfare <strong>corpus (Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it) <\/strong>which will be financed by a cess on the digital transactions made by consumers on the platforms that utilise the gig worker labour. This <strong>schema (A schematic or preliminary plan) <\/strong>is not unfamiliar \u2014 platform workers in the transport sector in Thailand and Malaysia, for instance, benefit from health and accident insurance as well as social security that is financed by a deduction of 2% for every ride. Recently, the Union government passed the Code on Social Security (one of four labour codes), which also allowed for some social security for gig workers, but the scheme only remains on paper without proper implementation. If Rajasthan\u2019s pioneering draft Bill <strong>takes off (Get started)<\/strong>, other States could be compelled to utilise similar measures to ensure the welfare of gig workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update your vocabulary with the help of this analysis of The Hindu Editorial. 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