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GST 2.0 and the Rise of Quick Commerce in India: Implications for Startups and Gig Employment

Meghna Saini , Dr. Seema Rathee

DIP: 18.02.019/20261103

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1103019

Received: August 10, 2026; Revision Received: September 11, 2026; Accepted: September 16, 2026

Abstract

Quick Commerce has experienced a surge in India’s digital landscape. Quick Commerce has been growing rapidly in India’s digital environment. Delivery now take place very quickly due to the close ties that exist locally. As tax structures change the tax world evolves towards GST 2.0 which results in improved efficiency and simplified to understand tech connections processes. The change of landscape between the new and the old GST 2.0 can be observed. The variability of the quick commerce platform and others like it reveal through their growth. The changes in tax laws alter the operational aspects of these businesses on a day to day basis. Due to new systems businesses need to re-evaluate their plans for growth in a new reporting environment. Behind all delivery riders have a working life without predictable income and without safety nets. While as more people are finding work via applications worries about fairness at work are still doubtful. Tax updates drive towards official records and clear money trails which place pressure on small worrisome signs for ventures that are not getting through to the end of the day. Despite the growth worker rights still lagging behind. Fair progress is to give encouragement to new ideas his will not only be done quickly but efficiently with a degree of customer trust and compliance.

The author(s) appreciates all those who participated in the study and helped to facilitate the research process.

The author(s) declared no conflict of interest.

This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Meghna Saini @ meghna.rs24.comm@mdurohtak.ac.in

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ISSN 2455-670X

DIP: 18.02.019/20261103

DOI: 10.25215/2455/1103019

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Volume 11, Issue 3, July – September, 2026

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