New Delhi: Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday said that the department of post posted revenue of Rs 15,296 crore for financial year 2025-26, up by 16 per cent growth year-on-year. The minister also said with sharp focus on deepening the reach of services, acquisition of customers and six sigma service level agreements with customers, the department is aiming for higher growth for FY27.
Scindia said “The year has been ‘historic’ for the department. We’ve also come out with three new products and now looking at increasing the penetration of many of our services, acquiring new customers, performing against very strict ‘Six Sigma’ service level agreements with all our clients to post an even greater growth rate over the next fiscal year,” Scindia told reporters, while announcing the revenue scorecard in the postal department’s annual business meet.
The revenue for fiscal 2024-25 stood at Rs 13,218 crore, and in 2025-26, the topline number increased to 15,296 crore. “That is a growth rate of 16 per cent. We have hit upwards of 15 per cent growth rate in probably long time in this department,” the minister said.
“Eight circles out of 23 have achieved greater than 90 per cent of their target, 14 circles met between 80 to 90 per cent of their target, and only one circle is less than 80 per cent of their target, Scindia said adding that the performance underlines a major transformation in the way the department operates as a service driven organisation.
Among the verticals, parcels grew to Rs 1,133 crore in FY26, about 69 per cent higher than the last fiscal, driven by stellar show from Jharkhand, Telangana, and Gujarat. “On mails, which is the second vertical, from Rs 2,396 crore revenue in FY 24-25 we’ve now grown to Rs 3,202 crore, which is a growth of 34 per cent,” Scindia said, adding that growth was driven by Rajasthan, Assam and Jammu and Kashmir.
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