Lucknow, July 29 (KNN) Uttar Pradesh (UP) is an important state for Flipkart from where many sellers and local MSME manufacturers sell products through Flipkart, said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, Flipkart’s Chief Executive Officer.

Speaking on the sidelines of the UP government’s second two-day Ground Breaking Ceremony, where over 250 industrial projects worth Rs 65,000 crore are being announced, he said “We are looking forward to partner with UP as we bring in the next 200-300 million customers to experience e-commerce and connect lakhs of MSME suppliers, small farmers and farmer-producer organizations to the marketplace while creating lakhs of new livelihood opportunities.”

He said that the projects announced during the ceremony will ‘play a key role in propelling UP as an industrial and innovation hub’, and that this will ‘help in the state’s quest to be India’s first $1 trillion state economy.

Thousands of artisans, small businesses and women entrepreneurs are finding partnership with Flipkart beneficial as they grow and connect with a pan-India market, he added

Krishnamurthy lauded the chief minister's efforts to partner with the industry to drive inclusive growth in the state.