{
  "id": 2376357,
  "title": "Meesho expects to create 10 lakh seasonal jobs during festive season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/meesho-expects-to-create-10-lakh-seasonal-jobs-during-festive-season",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:49:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/08/meesho-expects-to-create-10-lakh-seasonal-jobs-during-festive-season"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "E-commerce marketplace Meesho anticipates generating more than 10 lakh jobs during the upcoming festive season. These employment opportunities will be spread across its seller network and logistics operations. Approximately 6.5 lakh positions are expected in the seller ecosystem, while roughly 3.75 lakh roles will be available in logistics.\n\nThe festive period is crucial for businesses to scale and accommodate heightened demand. This year, Meesho aims to facilitate over 10 lakh seasonal job prospects. Nearly 1.3 lakh sellers are anticipated to employ seasonal workers in areas like packaging, manufacturing, production, warehousing, and inventory management as they restock, launch new products, and broaden their festive collections.\n\nWithin logistics, Meesho's logistics platform, Valmo, and its third-party logistics partners will augment their capacity. Seasonal roles in this realm will encompass delivery, sorting, operations at delivery centers, and supervisory duties. Meesho emphasizes that the festive season continues to generate significant economic opportunities, enabling sellers and logistics partners to expand their businesses while creating employment across India.\n\nThis announcement follows the preparations of major e-commerce players in India for their annual festive sales, which usually constitute a substantial share of their yearly volumes.",
  "summary": "The ecommerce marketplace estimates 6.5 lakh jobs to be created across its seller network and about 3.75 lakh roles across its logistics operations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}