‘Uberisation’ of India’s domestic work market has benefits and risks


  • TECH
  • Friday, 30 Dec 2016

RESTORING MOBILE NETWORKS: Networks have crashed across the region of seven million people, which has long suffered a separatist insurgency.

MUMBAI: A booming digital market matching Indian domestic workers with employers may offer benefits for some housemaids but won't end low wages and discrimination and may exclude the poorest women who don't have smartphones, according to new research. 

Domestic help in India is relatively cheap, and demand for cooks, cleaners and babysitters is growing as incomes rise and more women work full-time. 

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