India, Feb. 25 -- Online food delivery unicorn Zomato, on Thursday (February 25), announced that it has increased the salaries of its delivery partners/executives by 7-8% to make up for the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel. The company will bear the cost of increased remuneration itself and would not pass it on to the customers or restaurants.

The footech startup Zomato, which has about 1.5 Lakh delivery partners, added that the increase in fuel prices has hiked delivery executives' monthly spending by INR 600 to INR 800 on an average, which is about 3% of their monthly take-home salaries. The company has also informed that it will adapt to the changes in fuel prices in the future as well. Notably, petrol prices have already hit ...