New Delhi, March 26 (KNN) E-commerce major Bangalore based firm Flipkart has announced that it will generate 2 million jobs in the year 2015 in logistics and warehousing sector.

The fast pace of development of the e-commerce ecosystem in India will contribute towards the generation of employment across sectors. More than half a million jobs are estimated to have been created in the e-commerce space last year. The marketplace model has opened up opportunities in metros and non-metro cities.

With Jaipur and Baroda that have already become the ancillary industry hubs (cataloguing and packaging), 50-60 per cent of the employment is expected to be created in tier II and III cities.

As sellers have played and are expected to play an important role in creation of jobs across India -- sellers of home products, apparels, mobile accessories and small appliances are expected to generate the maximum employment. The growth and expansion of their businesses will generate a minimum of 20-25 jobs per seller this year.

30,000 sellers and over three crore customers are already registered with Flipkart. Further, in order to open up the e-commerce marketplace model to the Indian micro industries,
it has tied up with various government bodies like FISME, DGET, NIFT, Ministry of Labour, and DC Handlooms.
 
In addition Flipkart also proposed a range of training programmes for small and medium enterprises across 20 cities in association with Ministry of Labour to train and guide people upgrade their skills. They aim to upgrade the number of cities covered to 40 in the next 6 months. (KNN/SS)