🥝 Zomato wants to be your nutrition coach

PLUS: GST 2.0: Modi promises big savings for households

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Ruchirr Sharma
September 30, 2025

 

Good morning. Today’s special: nine goddesses, nine days, and enough halwa-puri to fuel a small village.

Welcome to Kanjak season. Enjoy 🍽️ 

Ruchirr Sharma & Shatakshi Sharmaa  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NUTRITION

For years, Zomato has been the go-to app for quick cravings—think midnight biryani or that extra cheesy pizza. But its founder, Deepinder Goyal, admits something was missing: the platform made it easy to eat, not necessarily to eat better.

Enter Healthy Mode, Zomato’s newest feature. Instead of just showing calories, the app now uses AI + restaurant data to assign dishes a “Healthy Score”—from Low to Super. The ratings focus on what actually fuels your body: protein, fiber, complex carbs, and micronutrients.

Why this matters:

  • Status quo: Food delivery apps have long been accused of nudging users toward indulgence, not nutrition. Even Goyal says he felt “guilty” about it.

  • What’s new: With Healthy Mode (currently live in Gurgaon), Zomato is trying to flip that narrative, helping people discover meals they want and meals their body needs.

  • The bigger shift: It’s a sign of food delivery evolving beyond convenience into wellness tech—where algorithms don’t just deliver your cravings but shape your health choices.

For Zomato, this isn’t just a feature launch—it’s a reputation reset. By weaving health into its mission of “better food for more people,” the company is signaling that delivery doesn’t have to mean junk food.

Bottom line: The next time you open Zomato, you might see not just what’s tasty, but what’s truly good for you. Ordering in just went from guilty pleasure to (potentially) guilt-free.

GST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the next generation of GST reforms could leave Indian families with more money in their wallets—₹20,000 saved annually on every ₹1 lakh spent on daily needs.

Let’s break that down. Back in 2014, a typical household paying ₹1 lakh a year on essentials shelled out about ₹25,000 in taxes. With GST’s first wave, that dropped. Now, under GST 2.0, Modi claims families will owe just ₹5,000–6,000—a sharp cut that amounts to massive collective savings of nearly ₹2.5 lakh crore annually when combined with income tax reductions.

Why it matters:

  • Status quo: Indian consumers have long felt the pinch of layered taxes—excise, VAT, service tax—piled onto everyday purchases. GST, introduced in 2017, streamlined that, but critics argued the benefits didn’t always trickle down.

  • What’s new: GST 2.0 aims to simplify further and directly reduce household spending. If delivered, it could ease inflationary pressure, boost consumption, and put political wind in the BJP’s sails ahead of key elections.

  • The fine print: The government will still need to balance lower tax collections with fiscal realities—meaning efficiency and compliance will be key.

Modi framed it as part of a broader “good governance” model: cutting corruption, pushing swadeshi goods, and turning savings into a political win.

Overall: If GST 2.0 works as promised, it won’t just be tax reform—it’ll be a direct bump to middle-class purchasing power, something that hits home (literally) for millions.

GENERAL OVERVIEW

🗞️ Bite-sized summaries

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HEADLINES

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