New Delhi, December 31 (IANS). Food delivery platforms Swiggy and Zomato have announced more incentives for peak hours and the last days of the year amid the strike by delivery partners.
This incentive has been announced at a time when gig and platform employees have announced a national strike.
The Delivery Workers Union had announced a strike from December 25 to December 31 due to low wages, tough working challenges and lack of social security.
Zomato has offered to pay delivery partners Rs 120-150 per order during the peak hours between 6 pm and 12 midnight, in view of the high volume of orders on New Year’s Eve.
The company has also promised to earn up to Rs 3,000 a day depending on the number of orders and availability. The platform has also temporarily waived order rejection and cancellation penalties to mitigate income risk during irregular order flow.
Swiggy has offered delivery workers to earn up to Rs 10,000 between December 31, 2025, and January 1, 2026, which includes a payout of up to Rs 2,000 during peak hours between 6 pm and 12 am on New Year’s Eve. Quick commerce company Zepto has also increased the incentive amount for delivery partners.
Earlier during the strike on December 25, 2025, brief local disruptions in food delivery services were reported, although the platforms said operations had stabilized by the end of the day. The unions have claimed wide participation and urged to continue the agitation even on December 31, 2025.
At 2:13 pm, Swiggy shares were down by 1.18 per cent at Rs 389.40 per share. The stock has slipped more than 3.63 percent in the last one week. Shares of Eternal (Zomato) were at Rs 278 per share with a rise of 0.43 percent. The stock has seen a decline of 2.50 percent in the last five days.
Gig and platform workers in India enjoy formal legal recognition through e-shram, portable social-security benefits and a national registration framework under the provisions of the new labor code, the Social Security Code, 2020.
Under the Social Security Code, aggregators will have to contribute 1-2 per cent of annual turnover, limited to 5 per cent of payments made or payable to gig and platform workers, to the Social Security Fund, an official statement said.
–IANS
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