Salary hike for Swiggy, Zomato delivery boys as the competition grows

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Delivery staff at startups such as Swiggy (Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd) and Zomato Media Pvt. Ltd witness their incomes surge in the past six months as the food delivery companies fight an expensive battle to gain a bigger space in this fast-growing market.

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Delivery boys now earn anything between ₹ 25,000 and ₹ 50,000 per month, depending on factors such as the number of deliveries completed and the distance they cover. It’s a sharp increase from the ₹ 10,000-25,000 the workers earned last year.The sharp rise in incomes depict the boom in the Indian online food delivery market, that is expected to grow three times in size over the next three years from $700 million in 2017, according to RedSeer Consulting.

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“As Swiggy continues to witness a strong growth in the number of monthly orders, our delivery partners have been able to carry out a higher number of deliveries,” a spokesperson for Swiggy said by email. “Since they are paid per order, the increase in number of orders fulfilled by them has resulted in an increase in pay-outs," he added.

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Swiggy has one of the largest food delivery networks in the country with around 55,000 delivery partners across 15 cities.

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Uber Eats India head Bhavik Rathod said that incentives for the company’s delivery staff on hours they work and also depend on areas where they deliver. For instance, neighbourhoods such as Indiranagar and Koramangala in Bengaluru typically have higher volumes of orders, compared to other parts of the city. Delivery staff typically complete more deliveries in such areas in a given amount of time, thus earning higher incentives.

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" In the coming months, you can expect several benefits we will be bringing together for the delivery partners including everything from insurance, all the way to helping them in financing a bike,” said Rathod

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