Under fire in India, Amazon offers small business owners $1 billion olive branch

NEW DELHI - Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos said his company will invest $1 billion to bring small businesses online in India, reaching out to some of his fiercest critics in a goodwill visit that saw him donning traditional Indian attire and fly a kite with children.

Amazon said it will setup digital centers in 100 Indian cities and villages to help businesses get online to sell their goods and will offer support in marketing and logistics. "The dynamism, the energy ... the growth. This country has something special," Bezos, who wore a blue-colored traditional Indian jacket, said to the audience which responded with cheers.

But protests so far have been small. At one in New Delhi and another in the eastern state of Odisha on Wednesday, there were about 50 demonstrators each.

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