Food delivery likely to get costlier on platform fee hike, GST levy

The new Delhi, September 7 (PTI) before the festival season Zomato, Swiggy and Magicpin’s hike in platform fees, food for millions of users throughout the country is preparing to order more expensive or more expensive for millions of users, which increases more than 22 percent of the delivery fees due to 18 percent GST tax.

Swiggy platform fee La15, including GST, in certain markets.

The opponent Zomato increased the platform fee. La12.50 (except GST), whereas the third largest food distribution player Magicpin also revised the platform fee La10 per order makes it expensive for food distribution consumers in line with wider industrial trends.

The estimates are expected to add roughly the additional load to the delivery fees from September 22, due to 18 percent GST. La2 per order for Zomato users La2.6 for Swiggy customers.

The e-mail queries sent to Swiggy and Zomato by the answers looking for PTI remained unanswered.

A Magicpin spokesman told PTI that he has already paid 18 percent for food distribution costs.

“The latest GST changes do not affect our cost structure. Therefore, the increase in GST for consumers will have no effect. Platform fees LaThe spokesman is 10th per 10th per order of the lowest food distribution companies. ”

Platform fees have recently emerged as an additional source of income for food distribution players.

Zomato, Swiggy and Magicpin’s simultaneous hikes, underlining an increasing tendency of increasing costs in India’s food distribution sector, asks questions about whether reasonable price and comfort can still go hand in hand for millions of customers.