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Andy Jassy meets PM Modi: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is currently on a tour of India. During this he met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Also talked to many big business leaders and visited the micro-fulfillment center of Amazon Now. He emphasized on the company’s continuous and long-term investments in sectors like e-commerce, cloud computing, AI, logistics and entertainment in India. In this sequence, he also met PM Modi today.
Amazon’s bumper bet on India
During the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andy announced an investment of $ 48 billion in India between 2026 and 2030. He also said that this will provide employment to 38 lakh people in the country. His saying this is one of the biggest commitments of Amazon in India so far. During the meeting with PM Modi, Andy has increased the company’s previously announced investment target of $ 35 billion in India over the next five years to $ 48 billion. This also includes a new top-up investment of $13 billion.
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 we’re investing $48 billion… pic.twitter.com/CSiwPTiEBh
—Andy Jassy (@ajassy) June 25, 2026
Lakhs of people will get jobs
The company promised to provide employment to a total of 38 lakh people in India by the year 2030, which is 10 lakh more than the current figure of 28 lakh. Overall, Amazon’s cumulative investment in India between 2010 and 2030 will exceed $88 billion.
It was a great pleasure to meet and welcome the CEO of Amazon Mr. Andy Jassy in Mumbai today.
I re-appreciated how Amazon chose Mumbai for its 1st Indian cloud infrastructure region back in June 2016.
Since then Maharashtra and Amazon’s partnership has only deepened over the… pic.twitter.com/K05e8sC53d— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) June 24, 2026
Which sectors will be emphasized?
In his meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis, JC highlighted the company’s key operations in Maharashtra, including India’s first Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure region and growing technology and operations workforce in Mumbai and Pune.
According to Amazon, during the discussion, there was a special focus on how investments in artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, e-commerce and logistics are helping the state’s businesses to grow, reach new markets and compete globally.
The company also highlighted its efforts to support Maharashtra’s digital economy through export promotion initiatives for local sellers and manufacturers and skilling programs to prepare youth for future jobs.
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