Amazon to invest Rs 2,000 cr in India to expand logistics, improve safety

HYDERABAD : Amazon will invest more than Rs 2,000 crore (about $233 million) in India in 2025 as it strengthens its logistics and safety standards, said the E-Commerce company on Thursday.

The investment will be used for expanding and modernising the company’s infrastructure, employee safety and wellness initiatives, and developing technologies for its fulfillment network.

The planned outlay highlights Amazon’s ambition to operate what it calls India’s “safest, fastest, and most reliable” logistics network. The company said the new capital commitment builds on a series of prior investments that have enabled it to service every deliverable postal code in the country.

Amazon plans to leverage these investments to launch new sites and upgrade existing facilities across its fulfilment, sortation and delivery network. This investment will enhance processing capacity, improve fulfillment speed, and increase efficiency across the company’s operations network that will help Amazon serve customers across India faster and more reliably, the ecommerce giant said in a release.

Apart from this, the company will continue to invest and expand initiatives aimed at improving the health and financial well-being of employees and associates across the operations network. This includes expanding programs like ‘Ashray’ – to provide dedicated rest points for delivery associates, even those not delivering for Amazon – offering seating, water, charging stations, and washroom facilities; ‘Samridhi’ – a financial well-being program focused on financial education and personal finance support for associates and drivers; ‘Pratidhi’ program supporting children of associates with scholarship; and ‘Sushruta’ to address the healthcare needs of truck drivers, the company added in the release.

Recently, Amazon launched a nation-wide initiative to offer free health check-ups to over 80,000 delivery associates and partners through medical camps by the end of 2025.

“For over a decade now in India, we have been focused on building the best-in-class logistics infrastructure—designed to deliver with safety, speed, scale, and reliability for our customers across the country. These latest investments reflect our commitment to continually expand and upgrade our operations across our fulfilment, sortation and delivery network,” said Abhinav Singh, VP – Operations, Amazon India and Australia.