Flipkart says new fulfilment centre in Bengal will create 11,000 jobs

Facility would help Walmart-owned firm compete with Amazon, Reliance's JioMart, and Tata-owned BigBasket.

E-commerce firm Flipkart on Thursday opened India’s largest "fulfilment centre" in Haringhata, West Bengal, saying the facility will create employment and promote entrepreneurship in eastern India.

The tech-enabled facility will create more than 11,000 job opportunities and will support around 20,000 sellers from the state and North-East region. It was inaugurated (virtually) during the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) by Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee.

“It is a matter of immense pride that West Bengal will now house one of the largest fulfilment centres in the country as India’s e-commerce logistics industry takes a stride with the establishment of Flipkart’s state-of-the-art