New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Ministry of Communications in an official release on August 31, informed that the Department of Posts, is suspending booking of mail costing up to $100 to the United States, until further notification.

The official statement comes amid absence of defined regulatory mechanisms, and will include a variety of mail categories such as documents, gift items and letters, it added. The Posts Department further said that the suspension is "in continuation" of the initial suspension notice announced on August 22, 2025, and comes after a review.

"In view of the ongoing inability of carriers to transport US-bound mail and in the absence of defined regulatory mechanisms, it has been decided to completely suspend the booking...