Amazon to Partner on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, Start Device Manufacturing in India With Fire TV Sticks

Amazon introduced on Tuesday that will probably be launching its first manufacturing line in India later this yr. The unit can be arrange in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and can start with producing “tons of of 1000’s” of Amazon Fire TV Stick gadgets yearly. The firm additional mentioned that it’s going to make investments $1 billion to digitise 10 million small and medium companies, assist companies in India promote worldwide enabling $10 billion in cumulative exports, and create 1 million jobs by 2025. Amazon mentioned that organising manufacturing in India reiterates its dedication to the federal government’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives.

According to an Amazon weblog publish on the initiative, the corporate will begin the manufacturing operations in Chennai later this yr in partnership with contract producer Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn. Amazon additionally mentioned that it’s going to constantly consider the scaling capability of the manufacturing line to extra marketplaces and extra cities relying on the home demand.

The announcement was made following a gathering between Amit Agarwal, Senior Vice President, Amazon India and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Information and Technology.

“India is a lovely funding vacation spot and is poised to develop into a serious participant in the worldwide provide chain in the electronics and IT merchandise business. Our Government’s resolution to launch a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme has acquired great response globally,” mentioned Prasad. “We welcome Amazon’s resolution to arrange a producing line in Chennai, as it is going to improve home manufacturing capacities, and create jobs as nicely. This will additional our mission of making an Atmanirbhar Bharat which is digitally empowered.”

Agarwal mentioned that Amazon was dedicated to partnering with the federal government to advance the imaginative and prescient of an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. “This additional reiterates our dedication to the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative,” Agarwal added.

A tweet from Amazon added that Tamil Nadu has been a necessary accomplice for the corporate and that its first manufacturing line in India in Chennai will contribute instantly to the native economic system and showcase India’s capacity to produce world-class merchandise.

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