Amazon India’s MSME sellers so far: 2.5M cumulatively digitised, $3B worth exports, 1M jobs created

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Even as e-commerce marketplaces continue to be on the regulatory radar for alleged unfair treatment with their sellers and business malpractices, Amazon has shared the progress it has made in India so far since its inception in June 2013. The company on Thursday said that it has cumulatively digitised 2.5 million MSMEs in India so far. Moreover, the cumulative e-commerce exports by over 70,000 MSMEs via Amazon Global Selling stood at over $3 billion that helped churn out close to 1 million direct and indirect jobs in India till date. “As the world around us is more digital than ever with the internet and technology becoming an integral part of our lives, we see a massive opportunity to empower millions of SMBs across the country,” said Amit Agarwal, Global Senior Vice President and Country Head of Amazon India. The digitized 2.5 million MSMEs are sellers including artisans and weavers, and delivery, logistics service partners, etc.