India, March 16 -- The Department of Posts on Monday said it is launching 24 Speed Post on March 17.

The service will be launched by Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Communications, and Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications, in the presence of senior officers of the Department at Rangbhawan Auditorium, Akashwani Bhawan, New Delhi at 12:30 PM.

The 24 Speed Post introduces next day guaranteed delivery for urgent and time-sensitive consignments.

"Alongside this, 24 and 48 Speed Post services will provide assured D+1 and D+2 delivery timelines, enabled through dedicated processing windows and priority air transmission," the Indian government said in a statement.

The services will also feature OTP-based s...