Gig Worker Registration Name Mismatch in Uttarakhand: Delivery and Ride Platforms

From the labour ministry's releases of 2025 on social security for gig and platform workers.

The third and fourth rows are why names matter. The platform's record of you and your e-Shram record may be joined, and should name you the same way.

The third is where trouble starts. An account run on someone else's papers is easily blocked.

Step 1: Read the name the app holds for you

In your profile, and on any payout statement.

Step 2: Put your Aadhaar, licence, vehicle papers and bank passbook beside it

The app checks some of these when you join.

Step 3: Correct the odd paper first

Aadhaar at its centre, the licence or registration at the transport office.

Step 4: Ask the platform's support to update your profile

With the corrected papers. Keep the ticket number.

Step 5: Register on e-Shram in your Aadhaar name

The portal reads Aadhaar, and the platform may also register you through its module.

Step 6: Check that the platform's record and e-Shram agree

Benefits announced for platform workers rest on that registration.

Step 7: Link your Ayushman card in the same name

Health cover for platform workers runs through Ayushman Bharat.

Step 8: Keep payout statements and the e-Shram card

They show your work and identity together.

• The 2025 Budget asked platform workers to register on e-Shram, and promised identity cards.
• e-Shram registration uses Aadhaar, so it carries your Aadhaar name.
• Platforms can register their workers through the aggregator module.
• Check your own e-Shram registration, and that it matches what the platform holds.
• One registration is enough, however many platforms you work for.
• Keep the e-Shram card. It is the record that benefits will read.

Read e-Shram and labour card.

• Platforms pay into the account you give them.
• An account in a different form of your name, or someone else's, can be held for checks.
• Give your own account, in your Aadhaar name.
• Payouts are also your record of work, for a loan or a claim.
• Keep monthly statements from the app and the bank.
• Tell the platform when you change your bank.

Read bank records.

Step 1: Confirm that your name has in fact changed

A short form in an app profile is not a change of name.

Step 2: Remember the order

Aadhaar, then the licence and bank, then the app and e-Shram.

Step 3: Fix the exact new name

The spelling that will go on Aadhaar and every later paper.

Step 4: Make the affidavit and publish the newspaper notice

Sign before a notary. Publish in a daily local leading newspaper, and keep the original newspaper.

Step 5: Type the form and sign the undertaking

Two typed copies of the specimen, signed in your old name with two witnesses, and the undertaking.

Step 6: Prepare the CD, photographs and certificate

The same text on a CD in MS Word, two self-attested photographs with identity proof, and a certificate that both copies match.

Step 7: Pay the charge on BharatKosh

Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult. It is not refunded.

Step 8: Send the file yourself, then update in order

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Then Aadhaar, the licence, the bank, the app and e-Shram.

See gazette name change in Uttarakhand.

A typical case we handle: a delivery partner in Dehradun had joined a food app as "Sonu". His Aadhaar, licence and bank read "Sunil Kumar". When he registered on e-Shram and tried to link it with the app for the identity card, the names did not match. A friend told him to get a Gazette. He did not need one. He asked the app's support to change his profile name, with his Aadhaar and licence, and the records were matched. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

When you do not need us

For an app profile, a licence, a bank account or e-Shram. Support, the transport office and the bank settle those. We are useful only where a worker has changed a name by choice and a Gazette notification is asked for.

Should delivery partners register on e-Shram?

Yes. The 2025 Budget asked platform workers to.

Which name goes on e-Shram?

Your Aadhaar name.

How do I change my name in a delivery app?

Through the platform's support, with proof.

Are gig workers covered by law now?

Yes. The Social Security Code defines them.

Is a gazette needed for a gig worker registration name mismatch?

No, for a short form.

Can payouts go to someone else's account?

Give your own account.

What are the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026?

The final rules under the Code on Social Security, notified by the labour ministry on 8 May 2026. They set out aggregator registration and contributions, and constitute the National Social Security Board for gig and platform workers.

How many days must a gig worker work to qualify for benefits?

At least 90 days with one aggregator, or 120 days across several, in the previous financial year. The days need not be continuous, and the test is applied again each year.

When can a gig worker lose eligibility?

On failing the 90 or 120 day test in a year, on turning 60, or by not keeping details such as address, mobile number and occupation updated on the portal. Keep your name the same as Aadhaar too.

How much must platforms contribute?

The Code sets 1 to 2 per cent of an aggregator's annual turnover, capped at 5 per cent of what it pays gig and platform workers. The exact rate is to be notified by the Government.

Will my platform send my details to the Government?

The 2026 rules require aggregators to register on the Government's portal and upload the workers engaged with them electronically. Whatever name the app holds for you will travel with that upload.

How can I register myself?

By an application on the Government's portal seeded with your Aadhaar number. If your bank account is also Aadhaar-linked, read Aadhaar seeding and DBT.