June 19 (Reuters) - Amazon ( AMZN ) will invest more

than 20 billion rupees ($233 million) in India in 2025 to expand

and update its operations infrastructure, develop new technology

for its fulfilment network and improve delivery safety, it said

on Thursday.

The investment builds on top of Amazon's ( AMZN ) prior investments

for the creation of an operations network to deliver to all

serviceable pin-codes in the country, it added.

In June 2023, the e-commerce major - which competes with

Walmart's Flipkart and billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance

Retail in India - had said it will take its investments in the

country to $26 billion by 2030, without providing a breakdown.

The new investment will be used to launch new sites and

upgrade existing facilities across its fulfilment and delivery

network, improving speed and processing capacity, it said.

Additionally, Amazon ( AMZN ) plans to use technology to alert

delivery associates about unsafe speeds and ensure equitable

distribution of delivery routes.

Some of the funds will also be used to expand initiatives to

improve the health and financial well-being of its employees,

the company said.

In March, India's information technology ministry said

Amazon's ( AMZN ) cloud services provider, Amazon Web Services, will

invest about $8.2 billion in the country.

($1 = 86.7100 Indian rupees)