India, March 17 -- The Department of Posts (DoP) on Tuesday rolled out next-day delivery across six cities, namely Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai. The services were launched at an event in New Delhi by communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The minister inaugurated three new offerings under Phase 1 including 24-hour Speed Post, 24-hour Speed Post Parcel delivery, and 48-hour Speed Post.

Scindia said that under Phase 2, the new services will be expanded to more cities by September-end, with an international rollout targeted by March 2027.

Calling it a "red and a yellow letter day" for DoP, Scindia suggested that the broader aim is to position India Post as a key fulfillment and logistics partner for e-com...