Ordering food from food delivery platform Swiggy has now become more expensive. The company has increased the platform fee by 17% on orders from Tuesday, 24 March, 2026. Users will now have to pay ₹17.58 platform fees per order as against ₹14.99 earlier. Swiggy had last hiked its platform fee in September last year. Platform fee is an additional charge applicable on every food order. This is separate from GST, restaurant charges and delivery fees. Swiggy vs Zomato – platform fee compared Earlier this month, Zomato had also increased platform fee by 19% to ₹14.90 instead of ₹12.50 (higher by ₹2.40 per order). The food deliver app delivers 20 to 25 lakh orders daily. Rising crude oil prices and operational costs become the reason Rising crude oil prices are considered a major reason behind this price increase. Higher oil prices increase delivery partners’ expenses and affect the company’s logistics operations. Additionally, Zomato and Swiggy periodically change platform fees to improve its profitability. Zomato had started levying platform fee of ₹2 The company has increased platform fees for the second time in 7 months. Previously, a 20% increase was made in September 2025. In August 2023, Zomato introduced a platform fee of ₹2 for the first time to increase its margin and become profitable. The company later increased it to ₹3 and then to ₹4 on January 1, 2024. Then it was gradually increased to ₹7. Post navigation Goldman Sachs cuts India’s GDP forecast to 5.9% for FY26:Says inflation can rise to more than 4% due to oil price hike supply disruptions
