Overview

• Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced the full rollout of APT, presenting it as a shift toward a more customer-focused, digital India Post.
• The Department of Posts reports the system processed roughly 3.2 million bookings and 3.7 million deliveries in a single day, after slowness on August 4 was resolved by August 5.
• Coverage reached 170,353 post, mail and administrative offices on August 4 following a phased deployment across 23 postal circles that began with a Karnataka pilot on May 15.
• New capabilities include a unified interface, end-to-end tracking with SMS updates, QR-based UPI payments, OTP-based delivery, GPS-enabled postmen and a 10-digit alphanumeric Digi PIN for delivery accuracy.
• The application is hosted on the government’s MeghRaj 2.0 cloud with BSNL providing connectivity, and more than 460,000 employees received training to support the transition.