The restaurant partners are also informed that Amazon’s food delivery business services will be closed till December 29. E-commerce website Amazon has also assured to meet all “payment and other contractual obligations” of its partners within the same period. Along with this, the Amazon company will provide access to Amazon tools and reports to all partners till January 31.

The amazon food delivery announcement means that after 29 December 2022, no customer will get delivery of any order through Amazon Food. Amazon Food started as a competition with e-commerce websites like Swiggy and Zomato in India. This food delivery service was launched in Bangalore in May 2020. And by March 2021, Amazon Food had expanded to 62 points in Bangalore city.

A day after announcing the closure of Amazon food delivery business services in India, it was learned that the company is also going to shut down Amazon Academy, which was started for high-school students. Amazon Academy is an online learning platform that was launched last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In today’s statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs also said that vehicles used by e-commerce operators should be allowed to ply with necessary permissions.

The government has made ensured that during the lockdown period daily necessities like milk, vegetables and pulses and wheat continue to reach people who are keeping themselves confined to their homes. Special efforts have been made on doorstep delivery in many parts of the country.

But today the ministry said that the supply of non-essential goods which does not come in the daily needs category will be prohibited.