Amazon India to invest ₹2,800 cr to boost quick commerce, associate wellbeing
Amazon India announced plans to invest on April 23 ₹2,800 crore to strengthen common security, health and financial well-being measures and strengthen the network of operations across the country.
The latest investment is part of the company’s commitment to provide more than $35 billion in funding to India by 2030, focusing on business expansion and other measures such as AI-enabled digitalisation, export growth and job creation.
Amazon will expand both core and express commerce to continue serving customers across India within minutes, hours and days, the company said in a statement. ₹2,800 crore (US$300 million).
Welfare Programs
Amazon said it would expand shared prosperity programs, including greater investment in Project Ashray, improve health and accident insurance, and provide access to government social security benefits for tens of thousands of employees and more than 200,000 community members.
“This investment company ₹Amazon said the investment of Rs 2,000 crore in 2025 will enable the opening of 17 new fulfillment centres, six sortation centres, and 75 last-mile delivery stations across India.
Amazon Now
Amazon also launched its express commerce offering, Amazon Now, in 2025 and has since scaled it to more than 300 micro-fulfillment centers in key cities to enable safer, faster deliveries.
“Since launching Amazon.in in 2013, we have built one of India’s safest, fastest and most reliable operations networks, serving customers across all available pin codes in the country. At the heart of this network are our employees, and we are committed to raising the bar on the safety, health and financial well-being of our employees,” said Abhinav Singh, Vice President of Operations, Amazon India and Australia.
Singh said investment is high ₹2,800 crore will further strengthen the company’s efforts while continuing the momentum in scaling its operations network and advanced technology prowess to provide faster, safer and more reliable deliveries to customers.
