Indian startups are digitizing domestic services, offering workers better pay and customers flexibility. Platforms like Snabbit and Urban Company function like ride-hailing apps for household tasks. Workers receive bookings online and their performance is tracked through customer ratings. This model provides flexible hours for mothers and instant service for homemakers. Labour advocates question the long-term benefits and job security for these workers.

Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth…

Indian startups are digitizing domestic services, offering workers better pay and customers flexibility. Platforms like Snabbit and Urban Company function like ride-hailing apps…

Quick home services startup Snabbit claims it overtook Urban Company’s InstaHelp in June to become the market leader. But is the highest number of monthly jobs enough to claim the…

Households in India have long relied on an informal army of domestic workers to mop floors, wash dishes and cook meals. A growing crop of tech start-ups is now attempting to bring…