Bangalore, April 06, 2020: Flipkart, one of India's leading e-commerce platforms, today announced a partnership with Uber to provide people across Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi access to everyday essentials, amidst the ongoing national lockdown.
This partnership will help keep vital supply chains running and address the growing needs of Flipkart customers to receive essential goods at their doorsteps every day. It will also support the government's objective of keeping hundreds of millions of Indians at home to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Commenting on the partnership, Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Flipkart, said, "This partnership is to help move essential supplies from our sellers/vendors to customers in the shortest possible span of time. Flipkart remains committed to supporting our customers and we are mobilizing all possible options to ensure that in this national fight against COVID 19, we can support the governments, by delivering essential supplies to people who are staying indoors."
Prabhjeet Singh, Director-Operations and Head of Cities, Uber India & South Asia, said, "The partnership helps keep the economy running and enables Indians to stay at home in line with government guidelines for containing Covid-19, as well as creates earning opportunities for drivers. Uber will not charge any commission, enabling drivers to keep 100 percent of billed amounts."
In line with government guidelines, and to maintain safety and hygiene, all drivers associated with this service are being provided masks, gloves, sanitisers and safety training.
About the Flipkart Group
The Flipkart Group is one of India's leading digital commerce entities and includes group companies Flipkart, Myntra, and PhonePe. Started in 2007, Flipkart has a registered customer base of over 200 million, offering over 150 million products across 80+ categories. Flipkart is known for pioneering services such as Cash on Delivery, No Cost EMI and easy returns. The Group is committed to steering the transformation of commerce in India through technology.
About Uber
Uber's mission is to create opportunity through movement. We started in 2010. More than 15 billion trips later, we're building products to get people closer to where they want to be. Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new possibilities by changing how people, food, and things move through cities.
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