India, March 20 -- As the shadow of LPG crunch looms over Zomato's top line, the food delivery giant has hiked its platform fees by nearly 20% to Rs.14.9 per order. 

A quick check of the app by Inc42 revealed that the company is now charging a platform fee of Rs.14.9 per order on a pre-GST basis, up from Rs.12.5 earlier.

The hike in platform fee is on a pan-India basis in all markets where Zomato operates, reported news agency PTI quoting sources. 

This comes six months after listed Eternal's food delivery arm increased its platform fee to Rs.12.5 during Ganesh Chaturthi (around August) in Mumbai last year. It  hiked the charges pan-India later on.

Meanwhile, rival Swiggy has been charging a platform fee of nearly Rs.15...