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November 23, 2023
Amazon and DGFT sign MoU to leverage Districts as Export Hubs initiative and boost MSME exports from India
The collaboration aims to enable MSMEs to sell their 'Made in India' products to Amazon customers in 200+ countries. In a phased manner, Amazon and DGFT will conduct awareness sessions and training programs for MSMEs across 75 districts which are a part of the Districts as Export Hubs initiative.
November 22, 2023
Amazon and WBIDC sign an MoU to boost exports from West Bengal
The collaboration aims to enable thousands of MSMEs from West Bengal to sell their 'Made in India' products to Amazon customers in 200+ countries across the world. WBIDC will build e-commerce export hubs and set up e-commerce exports facilitation cell in key districts across West Bengal including
November 9, 2023
The Amazon Great Indian Festival 2023 Becomes the Biggest Ever Customer And Seller Celebrations!
The Great Indian Festival 2023 witnessed the highest customer visits, transactions, new launches, orders, and savings than any previous year Customers from 99.7% pin codes shopped during the month-long celebrations with 80% of the customers shopping from tier 2 & 3 towns like Jalandhar, Kolhapur,
November 7, 2023
Amazon launches global last mile fleet programme in India with all electric vehicles
The electric fleet programme enables Delivery Service Partners to make customer deliveries with zero tailpipe emissions More than 300 delivery partners in India will be able to lease the three-wheeler electric vehicles, customised to bring added safety to last mile deliveries The last mile fleet
October 31, 2023
Amazon announces 50th renewable energy project in India, which together surpass 1.1 GW of clean energy capacity and make Amazon the largest corporate purchaser of renewables in India
Amazon’s wind and solar farms in India generated an estimated US$349 million (INR 2,885 crore) in economic investment, and contributed US$87 million (INR 719 crore) to the local gross domestic product (GDP) from 2014 to 2022. These supported an estimated 20,600 full-time equivalent jobs in 2022