India Post Launches Premium ‘24 & 48 Speed Post’ Delivery Services

Union Minister for Communications Shri. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia launched three new premium delivery services namely 24 Speed Post, 48 Speed Post and 24 Speed Post Parcel on 17th March, 2026.

• The Department of Posts has introduced these three customer-centric logistics services following rigorous pilot testing across multiple operational environments, where all trials were successfully completed with encouraging performance benchmarks.

24 SPEEDPOST & 24 SPEEDPOST PARCEL

• The 24 SPEEDPOST & 24 SPEEDPOST PARCEL service offers guaranteed next-day delivery (D+1) between six major metro cities – New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

• The service provides assured delivery timelines with compensation in case of delay, along with real-time tracking and OTP-based delivery confirmation, ensuring enhanced reliability and transparency.

• Deliveries will also be carried out on Sundays and holidays, (except on national holidays).

• The service has been initially launched in these six metro cities and will be extended to other Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities in a phased manner.

48 SPEEDPOST service

• The 48 SPEEDPOST service provides assured delivery within two days (D+2) between the above metro cities.

• It offers customers a dependable and time-definite document delivery solution supported by end-to-end tracking, SMS alerts and secure delivery confirmation.

Source: PIB