A big news has come out promoting investment and employment in India. E-commerce company Amazon has announced a record investment of $ 48 billion (about Rs 4 lakh crore) in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed this decision of Amazon on Thursday. This announcement was made a few hours after the meeting between Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Prime Minister Modi.
Prime Minister Modi wrote on social media platform X that he had a very good meeting with Andy Jassy. He said that Amazon’s investment of $48 billion will create new opportunities for the youth of India. It also shows that big companies from all over the world are continuously excited to invest in India.
A great meeting with Mr. Andy Jassy. I welcome Amazon’s record $48 billion investment in India. This will create new opportunities for our youth. At the same time, it shows the growing interest across the world to invest in India!@amazon https://t.co/emr6Dd9Cps
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2026
Focus will be on AI and cloud infrastructure
On the other hand, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also described his meeting as very positive. He said that Amazon has been serving customers, sellers, developers, startups and big companies in India for the last decade. Now the company is preparing to expand its business in India more rapidly.
Andy Jassy said that Amazon will invest $48 billion in India in the next five years. Of this amount, more than $21 billion will be invested in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure. This will promote digital technologies in India and create new technology based jobs.
Really enjoyed my meeting with Prime Minister @narendramodi about what’s ahead for Amazon in India.
We’ve been serving customers, sellers, developers, startups, and enterprises in India for more than a decade and just getting started.
Shared that were investing $48 billion pic.twitter.com/CSiwPTiEBh
—Andy Jassy (@ajassy) June 25, 2026
Amazon has also claimed that by the year 2030 it will support approximately 38 lakh jobs in India. Apart from this, the company is aiming to promote e-commerce exports from India worth $80 billion. This will provide an opportunity to Indian small businessmen and manufacturers to reach the global market.
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