Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met PM Modi in Washington DC and announced huge investment in India. According to the information given in Amazon’s blog post, the company is going to invest $ 15 billion in India in the next 7 years. It will also create more than 20 lakh jobs in India. Andy Jesse has also posted a post related to this announcement on his Twitter handle, in which all these things have been said.
Productive meeting with Prime Minister @NarendraModi, Discussed Amazon’s commitment to invest $26B in India by 2030; working together we will support startups, create jobs, enable exports, and empower individuals and small businesses to compete globally. pic.twitter.com/yEgy0TVqpK
— Andy Jassy (@ajassy) June 23, 2023
Amazon has said that it vows to digitize more than 10 lakh small industries. Along with this, it will create more than 20 lakh jobs in India. The company has set a target of creating these jobs till 2030. The company has said that it has digitized more than 62 lakh small businesses so far. It has created more than 13 lakh jobs directly and indirectly.
IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar also tweeted about the meeting of PM Modi and Andy Jessie. Amazon has recently completed 10 years of its services in India. According to the company, it started its operations here with a few hundred sellers. Today the company claims that it has added 12 lakh businesses and they are selling crores of products.