The Bengaluru-based firm expects 60 per cent of this employment to be generated in the logistics and warehousing sector.
“Sellers on our marketplace have been directly responsible for driving employment within their own communities. In fact, e-commerce support facilities like merchandizing, buying, packaging and cataloging have generated more than 75,000 jobs in the last one year,” Flipkart Senior Vice President (Marketplace) Ankit Nagori said in a statement.
Going by past trends, Flipkart is confident that it will “generate close to two million jobs this year”, he added. The rapid development of the e-commerce ecosystem in India will contribute towards the generation of employment across sectors.
Last year, over half a million jobs are estimated to have been created in the e-commerce space. Flipkart said the marketplace model has opened up opportunities in metros and non-metro cities.
“This year, nearly 50-60 per cent of employment will be created in tier II and III cities. For instance, cities like Jaipur and Baroda have already become the ancillary industry hubs (cataloging and packaging) and they will continue to generate more opportunities in the future,” Flipkart said.
Sellers will also play a vital role in creation of jobs across India -- sellers of home products, apparels, mobile accessories and small appliances will generate the maximum employment, it added.
The growth and expansion of their businesses will generate a minimum of 20-25 jobs per seller this year, it said.
Flipkart said it is offering a range of SME training programmes across 20 cities in association with Ministry of Labour to train and guide interested people.
These programmes, which is aimed at helping people upgrade their skills, will be scaled to 40 cities in the next six months, Flipkart said.
Launched in October 2007, Flipkart has 30,000 sellers and over three crore registered customers.
It has tied up with various government bodies like FISME, DGET, NIFT, Ministry of Labour, and DC Handlooms to open up the e-commerce marketplace model to the Indian micro industries.
Google ropes in Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to its head finance ops
Google has roped in Morgan Stanley Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat to head the the finance operations of world's largest search engine company. Porat will start at Google as CFO on May 26, reporting to Google CEO and Co-Founder, Larry Page, it said in a statement. "I look forward to learning from Ruth as we continue to innovate in our core from search and ads, to Android, Chrome and YouTube as well as invest in a thoughtful, disciplined way in our next generation of big bets," Page said. Porat will succeed Patrick Pichette, who announced his plans to retire from the global tech giant earlier this month. She joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 and has played several key roles at the company, including Vice Chairman of Investment Banking.
Russia wants ICT group for BRICS: Prasad
India will give a structured response on a Russian proposal to set up an ICT group among the BRICS nations to deliberate on common issues in this area, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday.
Russia’s minister for telecom and mass communications Nikolai Nikiforov met Prasad and conveyed the proposal regarding the group on Information and Communications Technology in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping.
“Today he had come with a proposal for a BRICS meeting of heads of state that is going to take place in July in Russia...a need for the ICT ministers to work in close cooperation for a variety of issues including cyber security where there is immense scope of work,” he said.
“Sellers on our marketplace have been directly responsible for driving employment within their own communities. In fact, e-commerce support facilities like merchandizing, buying, packaging and cataloging have generated more than 75,000 jobs in the last one year,” Flipkart Senior Vice President (Marketplace) Ankit Nagori said in a statement.
Going by past trends, Flipkart is confident that it will “generate close to two million jobs this year”, he added. The rapid development of the e-commerce ecosystem in India will contribute towards the generation of employment across sectors.
Last year, over half a million jobs are estimated to have been created in the e-commerce space. Flipkart said the marketplace model has opened up opportunities in metros and non-metro cities.
“This year, nearly 50-60 per cent of employment will be created in tier II and III cities. For instance, cities like Jaipur and Baroda have already become the ancillary industry hubs (cataloging and packaging) and they will continue to generate more opportunities in the future,” Flipkart said.
Sellers will also play a vital role in creation of jobs across India -- sellers of home products, apparels, mobile accessories and small appliances will generate the maximum employment, it added.
The growth and expansion of their businesses will generate a minimum of 20-25 jobs per seller this year, it said.
Flipkart said it is offering a range of SME training programmes across 20 cities in association with Ministry of Labour to train and guide interested people.
These programmes, which is aimed at helping people upgrade their skills, will be scaled to 40 cities in the next six months, Flipkart said.
Launched in October 2007, Flipkart has 30,000 sellers and over three crore registered customers.
It has tied up with various government bodies like FISME, DGET, NIFT, Ministry of Labour, and DC Handlooms to open up the e-commerce marketplace model to the Indian micro industries.
Google ropes in Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to its head finance ops
Google has roped in Morgan Stanley Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat to head the the finance operations of world's largest search engine company. Porat will start at Google as CFO on May 26, reporting to Google CEO and Co-Founder, Larry Page, it said in a statement. "I look forward to learning from Ruth as we continue to innovate in our core from search and ads, to Android, Chrome and YouTube as well as invest in a thoughtful, disciplined way in our next generation of big bets," Page said. Porat will succeed Patrick Pichette, who announced his plans to retire from the global tech giant earlier this month. She joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 and has played several key roles at the company, including Vice Chairman of Investment Banking.
Russia wants ICT group for BRICS: Prasad
India will give a structured response on a Russian proposal to set up an ICT group among the BRICS nations to deliberate on common issues in this area, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday.
Russia’s minister for telecom and mass communications Nikolai Nikiforov met Prasad and conveyed the proposal regarding the group on Information and Communications Technology in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping.
“Today he had come with a proposal for a BRICS meeting of heads of state that is going to take place in July in Russia...a need for the ICT ministers to work in close cooperation for a variety of issues including cyber security where there is immense scope of work,” he said.