Amazon to invest $35 billion in India, create 1 million jobs by 2030

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, December 10, 2025: Amazon on Tuesday announced plans to invest more than $35 billion across all its businesses in India by 2030, deepening its long-term commitment to the country’s digital economy, artificial intelligence-led transformation and employment generation.

The fresh investment builds on nearly $40 billion already invested in India over the past 15 years. The announcement was made on December 10 at the sixth edition of the Amazon Smbhav Summit in New Delhi, alongside the release of an economic impact report by consulting firm Keystone Strategy.

The report said Amazon’s cumulative investments, including infrastructure development and employee compensation, have positioned it as the largest foreign investor in India, the largest enabler of e-commerce exports, and among the top job creators in the country.

The company said its future investments will be anchored around three strategic pillars—AI-driven digitisation, export growth and job creation—in line with India’s broader digital and economic priorities.

Amazon said it has invested at scale in building both physical and digital infrastructure across India, including fulfilment centres, transportation networks, data centres, digital payments infrastructure, and technology platforms.

According to the Keystone report, Amazon has so far digitised over 12 million small businesses, enabled $20 billion in cumulative e-commerce exports, and supported approximately 2.8 million direct, indirect, induced, and seasonal jobs across industries in 2024.

These jobs span technology, operations, logistics, and customer support, with benefits such as competitive pay, healthcare, and formal training.

Amazon’s economic impact extends well beyond its direct workforce, supporting employment across packaging, logistics, manufacturing, and technology services, while enabling thousands of small entrepreneurs to scale nationally and globally through its marketplace.

One million more jobs by 2030

By 2030, Amazon plans to generate an additional 1 million direct, indirect, induced, and seasonal jobs in India. These will be driven by continued business expansion, the scaling up of its fulfillment and delivery network, and spillover demand across parallel sectors such as packaging, manufacturing, and transportation.

Commenting on the announcement, Amit Agarwal, Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets at Amazon, said the company’s growth in India has been closely aligned with the country’s digital ambitions.

“We are humbled to have been a part of India’s digital transformation journey over the past 15 years, with Amazon’s growth in India perfectly aligned with the vision of an Atmanirbhar and Viksit Bharat,” Agarwal said. “We have invested at scale in growing the physical and digital infrastructure for small businesses in India, creating millions of jobs, and taking Made-in-India global.”

Big push on AI, exports and digital access

As part of its long-term commitment, Amazon said it plans to democratise access to artificial intelligence across India, making AI tools available to businesses, consumers, and students.

By 2030, the company aims to bring the benefits of AI to 15 million small businesses, with sellers on Amazon.in already using AI-powered tools such as Seller Assistant and next-generation selling solutions.

It also plans to enhance shopping experiences for hundreds of millions of users through AI-led innovations such as visual discovery with Lens AI, conversational shopping via Rufus, and multilingual interfaces to overcome literacy barriers.

Amazon also committed to empowering 4 million government school students with AI education and career exploration through structured curriculum support, technology career tours, hands-on AI sandbox experiences and teacher training.

The programme is aligned with India’s National Education Policy 2020 and will be delivered through a mix of technology expertise and nonprofit partnerships.

On the exports front, Amazon said it aims to quadruple cumulative e-commerce exports enabled from India to $80 billion by 2030, up from $20 billion at present.

“Looking ahead, we are excited to continue being a catalyst for India’s growth as we democratise access to AI for millions of Indians, create one million job opportunities, and scale e-commerce exports to $80 billion by the end of the decade,” Agarwal said.

Amazon’s long-term bet on India

With its additional $35 billion investment commitment through 2030, Amazon said it plans to further accelerate India’s digital transformation, deepen logistics and technology infrastructure, support innovation and strengthen its small business ecosystem.

The announcement reinforces India’s position as one of Amazon’s most critical growth markets globally, as competition in e-commerce, cloud, logistics and AI-led consumer services continues to intensify.