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Mohit Thawani
Facebook invest in Reliance JIO | Big Good News

Mark Zuckerberg in a statement, said:

 

There's a lot going on in the world right now, yet I needed to share an update on our work in India. Facebook is collaborating with Jio Platforms - we're making a financial investment, and more than that, we're committing to working together on some major projects that will open up commerce opportunities for people across India.

Facebook made a surprising announcement on Tuesday. It is spending $5.7 billion(Rs 43,574 crore) for a 9.99 percent stake in Jio Platforms, the tech auxiliary of India's Reliance Industries. This is the single largest investment in Facebook's history—is a monster wagered on India's online development.

An ongoing report by Cisco said India is ready to have more than 900 million Internet users due to the expanded entrance of reasonable smartphones and less expensive internet plans. India will also have around 2.1 billion internet-connected gadgets by 2023, said the report.

A year ago, Reliance said that it would transform Jio into a New Digital services company by contributing almost $15 billion, possibly attracting investors in the approach of an inevitable posting. Jio Platforms has  several services under its umbrella, including Reliance Jio, the versatile system that has surprised India since propelling under four years back, piling on 388 million users,

This is very important at the present time since private companies are the center of each economy and they need our help. India has more than 60 million independent small ventures and millions of individuals depend on them for employment. With communities around the world in lockdown, a significant number of these business visionaries need digital tools they can depend on to discover and speak with clients and develop their business. This is something we can help with - and that is the reason we're banding together with Jio to help individuals and organizations in India make new opportunities.

 

The expectation from The Deal

 

“Facebook announcement – mixing WhatsApp with JioMart”

 

It appears that Facebook and Jio plan to transform WhatsApp into what WeChat is in China, by incorporating WhatsApp with JioMart, WeChat is a messaging app just like WhatsApp but more than that Wechat facilitates payments in China.

Using WeChat, users in China can shop at a few of the greatest grocery stores to the littlest merchants counting the fleet services. Money can also transfer by just scanning the barcode to the WeChat contacts.

 

“Making the Whatsapp - Super app”

 

By incorporating the JioMart, which is a disconnected to-online stage for little shippers, nearby stores like Kirana shops, and small businesses, with WhatsApp, Facebook and Jio may make a stage that will serve in India the sort of job that WeChat does in China.



The deal between Facebook and Jio today confirms that in reality, this is the arrangement. The e-commerce business is going to be boom basting at the nearest time. Here is the thing that Jio said, "Our focus will be India's 60 million smaller & medium business, 120 million farmers, 30 million small merchants and a huge number of little and medium organizations in the casual segment, in addition to empowering people seeking various digital services.”

 

Big Good News 

 

After announcing the deal between Jio and Facebook,  Mukesh Ambani became Asia’s richest man. This deal between Jio and Facebook will only accelerate India’s push for ‘Digital India’. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial droop, this may come with a two-fold advantage for India – driving the digital transformation and regulating the economy.

India is home to the largest networks on Facebook and WhatsApp and loads of talented entrepreneurs. The country is the ship of huge digital transformation and organizations like Jio has played a vital role in getting hundreds of millions of Indian people and small businesses online.




Why JIO is doing this deal?

 

With Jio having the desire to take on Amazon in e-commerce, give fiber net, run server farms, and set up new digital services like telehealth and distance learning, the investment from Facebook will greatly support Reliance. This speculation will enable the organization to pay off the obligation and put it further in its system.

With JioMart and WhatsApp, Ambani, in his video message, said that it would be workable for around 30 million neighborhood stores to transact digitally.

 

Why Facebook is Doing this Deal?

 

Reason 1.

In this case, Facebook may remain to increase somewhat more from this deal. Mukesh Ambani is a prominent voice in India and many reasons that it imparts close connections to the ruling government. The company has a bigger number of users in India than any other country. Whatsapp is going to launch a payments service, which has attracted 340 million users.

 

Also, in the past, Facebook had a few issues with the Indian government and over WhatsApp. The government requested that WhatsApp change its encryption to follow back messages, to which WhatsApp didn't agree. It is accepted this is one reason the ruling government has slowed down WhatsApp's request to offer a payment service for its Indian users



Reason 2.

Facebook, then again, will increase a huge base of users because of TikTok's rise, which has amassed in excess of 250 million users in India. Moreover, Facebook is also attempting to build a similar service called Lasso, and having Jio on their side will extraordinarily profit them.



My personal Thought

 

Whatsapp is the only app in the current time, which has Extremely Huge HumanData and Facebook has the largest social media users in Real-time.
A combination of both can help to Connect with more n more users in India.
This deal would be proved very beneficial to stronger the Indian tech-evolution and economy.

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