Flipkart taps India Post's 1.6 lakh offices for last-mile delivery push

Flipkart and India Post inked a last-mile parcel pact leveraging 1.6 lakh post offices across urban, semi-urban and rural India. Covers prepaid, COD, OTP authentication and real-time tracking — extending e-commerce reach into underserved Bharat markets.

— Filed Mon, 25 May, 2026, 08:17 IST · Source CNBC-TV18 · Companies · Updated

India Post and Flipkart signed a last-mile parcel delivery pact leveraging 1.6 lakh post offices across urban, semi-urban and rural India. Includes prepaid, COD, OTP authentication and real-time tracking, strengthening e-commerce logistics reach in underserved markets.

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Formalizes Flipkart's India Post tie-up after earlier reports of leveraging 150,000 outlets for small-town e-commerce, reinforcing rural push as Walmart spotlights India as growth engine.

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