The new technology has rapidly changed the nature of work and labour relations. A new type of workers 'the Gig Workers' as unorganised workers employed in unorganised sector have emerged in all the countries. Though ther

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The new technology has rapidly changed the nature of work and labour relations. A new type of workers 'the Gig Workers' as unorganised workers employed in unorganised sector have emerged in all the countries. Though there has been a significant increase in the number of Gig workers in India, but serious concerns have been expressed about the availability of jobs and income security to them. A mismatch of skills have also become a common phenomenon. Proper planning to reduce the mismatch and upskilling is thus required. State intervention has also become important to provide social security to these workers. These Gig workers as unorganised workers protest and demand for all social security laws and want the protection under Indian Labour Laws and the Constitution of India. These unorganised workers as Gig workers are educated youth and plays a significant share of growth in European countries. They provide skill intensive professional services such as legal, accounting services, software development and translation. They are demanding the status and the protection as given by the developed countries. As per these workers, they contribute majorly in the Indian economy. In the light of above, answer the following questions: Which are the directive principles of our constitution for protecting and promoting the interest of weaker sections? Explain.

Answer & Explanation:

The directive principles of our constitution reflect the concern of the state to protect and promote the interests of weaker sections of our population. Article 38: The state shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may, a social order in which justice, social, economic and political shall inform all the institutions of the national life. Article 39A: The operation of a legal system shall be secured by the state which promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity and shall in particular provide free legal aid by suitable legislation of schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities. Article 42: The state shall make provisions for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief. Article 43: The state shall endeavour to secure by suitable legislation or economic organization or in any other way to all workers, agricultural, industrial or otherwise, work, a living wage, conditions of work ensuring a decent standard of life and full enjoyment of leisure and social opportunities and in particular, the state shall endeavour to promote cottage industries on an individual or cooperative basis in rural areas.

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