Overview
- Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia announced guarantee-based delivery timelines, with 24-hour Speed Post nationwide and 48-hour guarantees across metros and state capitals starting January 2026.
- India Post will introduce next-day parcel delivery from January, with last-mile delivery for platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart targeted by March 2026.
- Eight new offerings span mail, parcel, and international services, including end-to-end parcel solutions, tracked international options, and a parcel last-mile product.
- The Department of Posts resumed all categories of international postal services to the United States on October 15 following an August suspension.
- Officials framed the upgrades as a shift from current 3–5 day deliveries toward time-bound services, part of a strategy to use a 164,999-office network to become a profit centre by 2029.