By 2025, Amazon will export 20 20 billion from India, creating 2 million jobs

Amazon India will create 2 million jobs in the country, enable ড 20 billion in exports (double its previous target) and digitize 10 million MSMEs by 2025, the company said on Sunday. Over the past year, Amazon has helped create more than 135,000 jobs in industries such as information technology, e-commerce, logistics, manufacturing, content creation and skills development, it said.

Amazon India has created more than 1.16 million jobs, enabled nearly $ 5 billion in exports and digitized more than 4 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), since its inception in 2013.

“As we continue to work with MSMEs across the country, we are committed to bringing new tools, technologies and innovations that will unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of Indian businesses, increase exports from the country and help create jobs on a large scale. We strongly believe that technology and mobile internet will positively impact India’s economic growth, and we see Amazon playing a major role in the country’s digital transformation and a modern, prosperous digital economy, “said Manish Tiwari, Country Manager, Amazon India Consumer Business India. Dr.

Amazon’s ‘Global Selling’ program has more than 100,000 exporters whose growing exports are on track to exceed $ 5 billion. Launched to help Indian business customers tap into more than 200 countries, the program took three years to enable the first 1 1 billion in exports and only 17 months to enable the last 2 2 billion, it says.

Amazon has digitized more than 4 million MSMEs, including vendors, artisans and weavers, delivery and logistics service partners, and more. The company’s digitization efforts are expanding small businesses, including local retailers, artisans and grassroots entrepreneurs, to reach their customers and expand their reach.

In July 2021, Amazon opened its first ‘digital center’ in Surat to assist in the digitization of small businesses and has already provided more than 4,000 business services from Surat and surrounding areas. In 2021, the firm announced a $ 250-million Amazon Memorial Venture Fund to invest in start-ups and entrepreneurs focused on technology innovation.

As part of the fundraiser, Amazon has already invested in Miglam, M1 Exchange and Small Case. Amazon will continue to invest in the fund, which includes multiple new and emerging sectors that see high levels of innovation and entrepreneurial energy, it added.