Overview
- Ministers inaugurated renovated post offices in Delhi’s Nehru Place and Mumbai’s Andheri Railway Station under the Jan Sewa Connect program, which standardizes modern layouts and branding with design support from the School of Planning and Architecture.
- Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said a Postal Logistics Infrastructure Plan is in the works to bring parcel facilities up to the norms seen in advanced economies and to better serve e-commerce shippers.
- The government reported a 16% rise in gross postal revenue in 2025–26, while minister Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar set a target to lift India Post’s annual revenue growth toward ₹4,000 crore next year.
- Recent upgrades include UPI payments at counters, one-time-password delivery confirmation, real-time SMS tracking, extended working hours, and guaranteed 24-hour and 48-hour Speed Post in six major cities.
- Officials framed post offices as multi-service hubs for banking, insurance, Aadhaar and passport help, positioning the 1.5 lakh-strong network to compete more directly with private couriers and to reach citizens who rely on public infrastructure.