India Post is cutting key international letter services on Jan. 1, 2026 — here’s what’s ending
NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:10 ET India Post will discontinue selected outward international letter-mail services from Jan. 1, 2026, as it aligns with decisions taken by the Universal Postal Union, the government said on Tuesday. (Press Information Bureau release) The change lands just before the new year and affects customers who used letter-post channels to send small goods overseas, including online sellers and small exporters. India Post is urging customers to move to tracked packet and parcel services instead, the government said. It also underscores a wider push by postal operators to separate “documents” from “goods” in international mail
