In this photograph taken on February 6, 2019, Indian delivery men from various food delivery apps wait to receive food at a roadside restaurant in New Delhi. - A surge in the popularity of food-ordering apps like Uber Eats, Swiggy and Zomato provides a welcome source of income for many as India's unemployment rate sits reportedly at a staggering 45-year high. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) / To go with 'INDIA-ECONOMY-FOOD-TECHNOLOGY,FOCUS' by Vishal MANVE
MUMBAI: Suraj Nachre works long hours and regularly misses meals but he treasures his job as a driver for a food delivery startup – working in a booming industry that highlights India’s expanding apps-based gig-economy.
The 26-year-old is one of hundreds of thousands of young Indians who, armed with their smartphones and motorcycles, courier dinners to offices and homes ordered at the swipe of a finger.
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