Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has announced the creation of more than 2.5 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities, including gig workers, for the upcoming festive season. Nearly 75,000, or around 30%, of these opportunities are for people entering the workforce for the first time.
The opportunities span more than 7,000 Ekart facilities across India, including fulfilment centres, sortation hubs and last-mile delivery operations. Flipkart is also adding more than 900 festive delivery hubs and nearly 1.4 lakh last-mile opportunities to meet rising demand ahead of Big Billion Days.
Last-mile roles account for 60% of the new opportunities, driven by the expansion of Flipkart Minutes and increasing demand across Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets.
Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Flipkart Group, said, “Commerce at scale creates opportunity at scale, across jobs, livelihoods and entrepreneurship. The nearly 75,000 people entering the workforce for the first time through Flipkart this festive season are one part of that larger ecosystem. As digital commerce grows across India, our responsibility is to ensure that this growth creates pathways into employment and entrepreneurship for more people, including communities that have historically had fewer opportunities to participate in the formal economy.”
Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Re-Commerce, Flipkart Group, said, “The festive season brings together the full scale of India’s commerce ecosystem, and our supply chain plays a critical role in making that possible. This year, we are expanding our fulfilment and last-mile network significantly to meet rising customer demand, while creating employment opportunities across the country.”
Women now account for over 20% of Flipkart’s supply chain workforce, while nearly 10,000 people have received certifications through the Supply Chain Operations Academy (SCOA).
