Flipkart to Create 4,000 Jobs by Opening 4 New Facilities in Maharashtra

Walmart-run e-commerce main Flipkart on Tuesday stated it’s creating 4,000 jobs in Maharashtra by opening 4 new amenities.

These fulfilment and sortation centres are positioned in Bhiwandi and Nagpur, and aimed primarily at supporting the native sellers within the state and cater to the rising demand for e-commerce, an announcement

The amenities are unfold over 7 lakh sq.ft. and can create 4,000 direct and oblique job alternatives, moreover aiding native sellers entry to the pan-India market, it stated.

Maharashtra was categorised as a key centre by the corporate from a provide chain standpoint. With the latest additions and growth of current amenities, Flipkart has a complete of 12 provide chain amenities within the state unfold throughout over 23 lakh sq. toes space, creating greater than 20,000 direct and oblique job alternatives.

“Fresh investments will help support the growing customer demand for e-commerce in the state while supporting the growing seller ecosystem and boosting the local economy,” it stated, including that the sellers have grown by 30 per cent within the state over the past 12 months.

The state’s industries minister Subhash Desai welcomed the transfer by Flipkart to put money into Maharashtra.