Jyotiraditya Scindia announces Speed Post 24 and 48 services on January 11, 2026

Key facts

• Union Minister for Communications and Northeast Region Development Jyotiraditya Scindia announced two new India Post services, Speed Post 24 and Speed Post 48, at Pichor in Shivpuri district.
• Speed Post 24 and Speed Post 48 are designed to ensure document delivery within 24 and 48 hours, respectively.
• The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through the National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), rolled out transformative reforms to bolster indigenous manufacturing on December 29, 2025.
• The telecom reforms are aligned with the principle of DSS, which stands for 'Design in India, Solve in India, Scale for the world'.
• Reforms include a 90 per cent reduction in compliance burden for women-led and MSME testing laboratories and reduced fees for Telecom Security Testing Laboratories (TSTLs).
• Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other government institutions have been granted a complete waiver of testing fees.
• The Pro Tem Security Certification Scheme for OEMs has been extended for a period of 2 years as part of the new telecom security reforms.