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As you know already, our Prime Minister has extended the lockdown for another two weeks. Even after this period, if we continue to have new cases, Govt will be forced to extend this shut down further. This means people have to still continue respecting social distancing rules. This would make impossible for companies like Flipkart and Amazon.in to function properly. Currently, both Amazon India and Flipkart are delivering Pre-paid orders of Daily Essential products in selected Cities ( only some Pin-codes are available ). This is not going to change any soon. If everything goes well in the next two weeks, we can expect these online shopping websites back in stock in the 2nd week of May 2020. No official wording yet.  All these measures are taken by the Govt to protect its citizens from this pandemic. So it's the duty of every citizen to be patient and wait until this horrible circumstances are over. Stay Safe. Stay Home. 

Amazon India ( Amazon.in ) has announced on their website they have resumed Deliveries in 28 cities. However, only essential products are delivered, which is to be expected during this lockdown phase.  Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Guntur, Gurugram, Hooghly, Howrah, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mohali, Mumbai, Mysuru, Nagpur, New Delhi, Noida, Panjim, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam are the cities Amazon has started delivering again. Since we haven't still fully recovered from this ongoing issue, it would probably take weeks or even months to get Online Shopping Websites to get back to normal functioning.  In other news, due to an increase in GST, Mobile companies have increased the prices of Smartphones in India. New prices are now live.  Upcoming Smartphones Launches: OnePlus 8 Pro Series , Xiaomi Mi 10 .

Reliance Jio, owned by Mukesh Ambani is taking their first steps in to Ecommerce territory currently ruled by Flipkart and Amazon in India. JioMart is currently advertised as "Desh ki Nayi Dukaan" - A new world of Grocery Shopping" and is only available in selected cities. This is more of a trial run by Jio and for sure we will see them selling Mobiles and Electronics in future. Currently all you can buy is Grocery items. It is available only in Navi-Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan currently, and will expand to other major cities in coming months. JioMart Offers / Feature Highlights 50,000+ Grocery Products Free Home Delivery - No Minimum order value Never before savings No questions asked return policy Express delivery promise Pre-register to save upto ₹ 3000 at launch ( check here ) Jiomart Mobile App will be available on both Android Play Store as well as Apple iOS Appstore in coming weeks.  So should Flipkart and Amazon worry about this new play