Blinkit strike: protest over new pay structure; here's all you need to know

Days after Zomato-owned Blinkit changed the incentive system by reducing delivery rates for executives, around 2,500 delivery workers of the quick commerce company are on strike in Gurugram, Delhi and Noida.

According to a report by The Morning Context, Blinkit introduced a new pay structure from Monday midnight for delivery partners under which the partners would have to book their time slots and complete the targets assigned to them. They would be paid on a per kilometre basis.

While a Blinkit spokesperson said that the new payout structure is an opt-in exercise and compensates partners based on their efforts to deliver an order, delivery partners say that the delivery fees paid to riders has cut to Rs 14 per order from Rs 50 earlier.

The strike has led to the quick commerce company's services being impacted across the city. Of the 31 dark stores that cater to Blinkit in the city, only two are operational at the moment with protection from local police and bouncers deployed by the company.

The company, formerly known as Grofers, was acquired in a Rs 4,447 crore deal by food delivery company Zomato in June last year.