Amazon India announced that it has enabled cumulative exports worth $3 billion, digitized 2.5 million MSMEand helped create nearly 1 million jobs in India till date. Last year at the inaugural Sambhav Summit, Amazon had announced an investment of $1 billion to digitally enable 10 million MSMEs, enable ecommerce exports worth $10 billion and create 1 million additional jobs in India between 2020 and2025. The company is on track to fulfill these commitments.
Today, more than 2.5 million MSMEs work with Amazon in India including sellers, artisans& weavers, delivery & logistics service partners etc.Since January 2020 nearly 250,000 new sellers have joined Amazon.in. Amazon has introduced seller registration and account management servicesmore than 75,000 sellers have registered on the Amazon India marketplace in regional Indian languages. The ‘Local Shops on Amazon’ program has grown 10 times since launch and today over 50,000 offline retailers and neighborhood stores from across the country are selling on Amazon.in.
There are more than 70,000 exporters on the Amazon Global Selling program, who have cumulatively crossed $3 billion in exports. The growth of exports and digital enablement of MSMEs is helping accelerate economic recovery for thousands of businesses to positively impact job creation. Amazon helped create nearly300,000direct and indirect jobs across industries. Since 2013, Amazon has helped create over a million direct and indirect jobs in India.
