India, May 22 -- India Post and Flipkart on Friday signed an agreement to strengthen last-mile parcel delivery services across the country, in a move aimed at boosting India's fast-growing e-commerce logistics ecosystem.

The agreement was signed in New Delhi between the Department of Posts (DoP), under the Ministry of Communications, and Flipkart India Private Limited. Officials from both organisations said the partnership would combine India Post's vast delivery network with Flipkart's e-commerce reach to improve parcel deliveries across urban, semi-urban and rural India.

"Under the agreement, the Department of Posts will provide last mile delivery services for Flipkart shipments across India," the Ministry of Communications said in a ...