Short title, extent, commencement and application

(1 ) This Act may be called theTelangana Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2026.

1. (2) it extends to the whole of the State of Telangana.
2. (3) it shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Telangana Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provISIon ;
3. (4) it applies to:- a) Aggregators, platforms operating in the State of Telangana or those operating in any other States across India or overseas rendering one or more services in Telangana State as specified in Schedule-1; b) Every Platform Based Gig Worker registered with the Board under section 10.