Bengaluru: Flipkart, the Walmart-owned e-commerce firm, said it has created more than 250,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities, including for gig workers, for the festive season.
Nearly 75,000 of these opportunities, close to 30 per cent, are for people entering the workforce for the first time, creating pathways into employment across communities in India.
The opportunities span more than 7,000 Ekart facilities across the country, including fulfilment centers, sortation hubs and last-mile delivery operations.
With more than 900 new festive delivery hubs and nearly 140,000 additional last-mile employment opportunities, Flipkart is expanding its delivery network to meet rising customer demand ahead of Big Billion Days.
Last-mile opportunities account for 60 per cent of the new employment created this season, reflecting the expansion of Flipkart Minutes as well as growing demand across Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets.
The expansion is also creating greater opportunities for women and persons with disabilities across Flipkart’s supply chain.
Women now represent more than 20 per cent of supply chain roles, while participation of persons with disabilities has increased across warehouse and delivery operations.
Rajneesh Kumar, chief corporate affairs officer, Flipkart Group, said commerce at scale creates opportunity at scale across jobs, livelihoods and entrepreneurship, Business Standard reported.
He said the nearly 75,000 people entering the workforce for the first time through Flipkart this festive season were 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,” Kumar said.
“Our work with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, NCVET and ITI Kalyani through SCOA is aimed at creating those pathways, so that people can build skills and careers alongside the growth of the sector,” he added.