Claim: India Post is shutting down its registered post service due to low usage after 50 years.
Conclusio : The claim is Misleading. India Post is not shutting down its registered post services rather merging it with Speed Post.
Ratin : Misleading — 
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Several social media users have claimed that India Post is discontinuing its registered post service. Many have expressed concern, and lamenting the closure of a service that has operated for nearly five decades.
Verified X user ‘Indianinfoguide’ posted about this on 4 August 2025, gaining around 130,000 views. The post claimed : “India Post to discontinue its iconic registered post service from september 1.” Find the post below
🚨India Post to discontinue its iconic registered post service from september 1. pic.twitter.com/nc2JZqOTml
— Indian Infra Report (@Indianinfoguide) August 4, 2025
Another user feels nostalgic, expresses how Registered Post service carried some of India’s most important stories.
From job offers to rakhis, court papers to love notes — Registered Post carried some of India’s most important stories.
Now, one of the country’s most trusted services is being retired.
Registered Post will stop from September 1.But its memories? They’ll never be lost.
Scroll… pic.twitter.com/Q6XD1hVor6
— The Better India (@thebetterindia) August 5, 2025
Another verified X user shared the same claim on 5th August 2025, accompanied by four images depicting India Post vehicles. The caption read : “End of an era: India Post SHUTS DOWN 50-year-old registered postal service as people don’t use it anymore.”
Find the tweet below –
End of an era: India Post SHUTS DOWN
50-year-old registered postal service as people don’t use it anymore.#IndiaPost 💔 pic.twitter.com/nw0X9MfyKd— Sonel (@allthingabsurd) August 5, 2025
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and discovered that the claim is misleading. India Post is not shutting down its registered post services rather merging it with Speed Post for efficiency.
We first conducted a keyword search with the phrases “India Post shutdown” and “India Post registered post shutdown” to learn about the subject. We came across an official X post by India Post on X where they have debunked this claim. View the post below –
Fact Check: Registered Post is NOT being discontinued.
India Post has upgraded the service by merging it with Speed Post. Here’s what that means for you. 👇— India Post (@IndiaPostOffice) August 7, 2025
Posted on 7 August 2025, they have explained the benefits of this merge with Speed Post in a thread format. The post always mentions what says the same and that there will be “no compromise on trust, just quicker outcomes”.
A report by the Business Standard sheds light on why this partnership happened in the first place. Registered post, a secure, addressee-specific service with legal validity, has indeed seen declining usage, dropping 25% from 244.4 million items in 2011-12 to 184.6 million in 2019-20, per official data. This decline, accelerated by digital alternatives and private couriers, prompted reforms.
The PIB fact check unit has also published an official press release on 6 August 2025, debunking this viral claim. The press release confirmed that “ the Department of Posts has rationalized its sorting infrastructure and unified the processing of both Registered and Speed Post items. This integration will enhance backend efficiency, reduce transit delays, and offer better connectivity across the network.” View a snippet from the press release below .
🚨 Is India Post Really Ending Registered Post?
Several social media accounts claim that India Post has announced the discontinuation of Registered Post from 1st September 2025!#PIBFactCheck
✅ This claim is misleading!
✅ Registered Post is not getting discontinued. It is… pic.twitter.com/P5viTzpYy8— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) August 8, 2025
Thus, the claim is misleading. India Post’s service Registered Post is not getting discontinued rather it is being integrated with Speed Post.
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