E-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday said it is ramping up infrastructure ahead of the upcoming Great Indian Festival betting on strong festive season growth. The company added that the recent GST rate cut is expected to further boost consumer demand. As part of its expansion plans Amazon will invest Rs 2000 crore in 2025 to strengthen its nationwide network by setting up new fulfilment centres sortation hubs and delivery stations company officials said. Amazon Expansion Plan The expansion includes the launch of 12 new fulfilment centres (FCs) adding 8.6 million cubic feet of storage space and taking Amazon’s total storage capacity in India to 43 million cubic feet. In addition six new sortation centres covering 500000 sq ft are being added while 30 new delivery stations have already been rolled out in recent months. In West Bengal a new FC has been added in Hooghly taking the state’s total to four fulfilment centres. The existing infrastructure includes three sortation centres and around 100 delivery stations. “As a result of our network enhancements customers in Kolkata have seen a 170 per cent year-on-year increase in same-day delivery promises” said Arindam Ganguly Director Amazon Transportation Services. Without disclosing growth in value terms he added that there had been a pre-festive growth of 20–60 per cent across a wide range of products in the state.