Flipkart plans to hire more than 250,000 direct and indirect workers, including contract workers, to meet an expected spurt in business this festive season. This year’s recruitment will mark an increase of 30,000 workers compared with the 2025 festive season, the online retailer said on Tuesday.

About 75,000, or 30%, of the new openings will be for people entering the workforce for the first time, the Walmart-owned company said in a statement.

Rival Amazon India is hiring up to 160,000 temporary workers this festive season, 10,000 more than last year, as reported earlier by ET.

“Focus is on greater speed of delivery nationwide,” a person privy to Flipkart’s hiring plans told ET. “We have achieved two-day delivery for Flipkart-fulfilled products.”

As much as 60% of the new jobs will be in last-mile delivery, with women accounting for 20% of Flipkart’s supply chain workforce.

“With over 900 new festive delivery hubs and nearly 140,000 additional last-mile employment opportunities, Flipkart is expanding its delivery network to meet rising customer demand ahead of Big Billion Days,” the company said.

“The nearly 75,000 people entering the workforce for the first time through Flipkart this festive season are one part of that larger ecosystem,” said Rajneesh Kumar, chief corporate affairs officer at Flipkart Group. “As digital commerce grows across India, our responsibility is to ensure that this growth creates pathways into employment and entrepreneurship for more people, including communities that have historically had fewer opportunities to participate in the formal economy.”

The Flipkart Group comprises Flipkart, Myntra, Flipkart Wholesale, Cleartrip and super.money.

“The addition of over 900 festive delivery hubs and nearly 140,000 last-mile opportunities reflects the scale at which the network is growing, particularly as Flipkart Minutes expands and demand continues to deepen across Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets,” said Hemant Badri, senior vice president, supply chain, customer experience and re-commerce at Flipkart Group.

The supply chain workforce will continue to receive support from the company in the form of medical and accident insurance, 24x7 Doctor on Call and e-Shram registration.