Deepinder Goyal: 'Earnings of ₹21 thousand per month'..Deepinder Goyal left the gig model behind

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Deepinder Goyal on Gig work model | Internet Desk: Deepinder Goyal, the founder of Zomato and Blinkit companies, has once again rejected the gig work model. A series of posts have been placed on the wages and working conditions of the workers. Recently, as part of the gig workers' strike, there was a demand to cancel the 10-minute delivery service. He justified this in his ex post on Friday. When issues such as low wages and social security came up for discussion, a series of posts were made giving fresh explanations on those issues.

Rs.21 thousand per month

Dipinder mentioned that the average salary of a delivery partner in Zomato in 2025 will be Rs.102. In 2024, this amount will be Rs. 92.. a growth of 10.9 percent has been recorded in a year, he said. Most of the delivery partners said they only work a few days a month, a few hours. If they work 26 days in a month at the rate of 10 hours a day, each delivery agent can earn Rs. 26,500, out of which Rs. 21,000 will come even if petrol and maintenance expenses are excluded. It is said that the tip is extra.

Only 38 days a year

Deepinder mentioned that the gig work model has evolved as an alternative to full time work. He said that there will be no excessive working hours. In 2025, delivery partners are expected to work an average of 38 days, seven hours a day. Only 2.3 percent of all delivery partners said they worked more than 250 days in a year. In such a case, demanding benefits and fixed wages equal to those of a full-time employee is not at all suitable for this model. He reminded that there is no demand to work in a particular place or in a particular shift.

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Speed ​​of 16 kilometers per hour

The claims that delivery agents are exposed to accidents due to 10 minutes delivery guarantee were also dismissed. Deepinder stated that Blinkit is only 2 km away from the place where the order was placed. With this, delivery is possible in 8 minutes, and according to this calculation, delivery agents travel at an average speed of 16 kilometers per hour.

Expenditure of Rs.100 crores

Deepinder said that in 2025, Zomato and Blinkit jointly spent more than Rs.100 crores for the insurance of delivery partners. Dipinder said that an accident insurance coverage of Rs.10 lakh is being provided to each delivery partner.

In addition to these...

Women delivery agents are being given two rest holidays per month with pay, Dipinder said. He said that they are providing assistance in tax filing and NPS facility. It is said that 95 thousand people have used the tax filing facility and 54 thousand people have registered for the pension scheme. Is it reasonable to raise concerns about the working conditions of gig workers despite all this? asked Deepinder.