As India undergoes transformative economic changes, it is witnessing a manifold development in its labour market and human resource practices. Shedding the shackles of the past, a substantial quantum of people are finding the idea of independent contract-based and freelance work appealing, marking the departure of typical 9-to-5 jobs. For starters, a decade ago or so, a job would mean getting a task done at a designated location where one would typically spend eight hours a day.