‘Art of kart’ gets bigger: Indian e-commerce giant scales up like never before, ahead of shopping festival…

Bengaluru: Flipkart recently announced a major expansion of its pan-India supply chain infrastructure ahead of its flagship festive event, The Big Billion Days.

With the addition of new fulfillment centres (FCs) and last-mile hubs across key states such as Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi, Agra, Ghaziabad), Bihar (Patna), Haryana (Manesar), and Tripura (Agartala), the e-commerce giant is deepening its regional presence, enabling faster festive deliveries, and creating thousands of jobs while powering the rapid growth of quick commerce in India.

This year’s expansion spans 35 lakh sq.ft., covering 21,000-plus pincodes nationwide.

The facilities  

• The new operational Varanasi Centre is spread across 2 lakh sq.ft., generating 3,600 direct and indirect job opportunities.
• The newly operational Patna Fulfillment Centre, a 4.5 lakh sq.ft. cornerstone facility, serves more than 1,000 pincodes and has created over 1,100 direct and indirect jobs.
• Flipkart is now operating in a Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Manesar, one of India’s largest state-of-the-art facilities. Spread over 140 acres, the RDC will create over 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, contributing significantly to local employment. The centre is expected to cater to a wide range of products, including parcel goods, white goods, and furniture, adapting its assortment dynamically to meet customer requirements and market trends.
• Flipkart expanded its footprint in the northeast with its first grocery fulfillment centre in Agartala, Tripura. It is spread over 35,000 square feet and is equipped with a daily dispatch capacity of 5,000 orders per day.

In addition to Varanasi, Patna, Manesar, Ranchi, Ghaziabad, Agra and Agartala, Flipkart has gone live with new facilities in Guwahati, Singur, and Saidham, to name a few, strengthening last-mile reach ahead of the festive season.

With these additions, Flipkart’s network now comprises over 100 fulfillment centres nationwide, collectively capable of processing millions of festive orders with speed and precision.

Flipkart is also scaling its quick commerce backbone through nearly 400 new micro-fulfillment centres and dark stores across 19 cities.

This network underpins Flipkart Minutes, which has doubled order volumes every 45 days since launch, enabling faster-than-ever delivery of essentials and festive products.