Budget 2025: FM proposes ID cards for gig workers, UPI-linked credit cards for street vendors

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech today, announced that her government will provide ID cards to gig workers. Gig worker will also be provided access to healthcare via a social security scheme.

She said her government will invest in street vendors and online and urban workers. Gig workers of online platforms to be provided with identity cards and registration on e-Shram portal.