E-commerce major Amazon India will have Fulfilment Centre (FC) spread over 280,000 square feet near Hyderabad. The FC will be operational from May 2015.
The FC helps Amazon to offer its Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service to thousands of small and medium businesses in the state.
With this, Amazon will have 11 FCs operational across nine states in the country with a storage capacity of over 2.5 million cubic feet. "For Amazon, we have given all clearances in 11 days, well within the guaranteed time under the new Industrial policy," Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao said.
Amazon officials signed an agreement with the Telangana government. The firm will train thousands of sellers across the state in e-commerce and take advantage of the digital economy, Dave Clark, Senior Vice President Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, said.
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