Karnataka government may impose additional transaction fee on Zomato, Swiggy, Zepto and other online platforms; how this may be bad news for users

Karnataka plans to introduce a 1-2% fee on transactions via platforms like Zomato and Uber, to fund social security for gig workers. This welfare fee will be collected by the platforms and passed to a welfare board. The proposed bill, aimed to provide benefits to gig workers, will be presented in the December state assembly session.