1.65 lakh post offices. 150 years of trust. A workforce in every PIN code. And a deficit that runs every second of every day. On 25 August, we put a number on all of it.
India Post reaches more people through more physical points than any institution in the country. The same network loses money every single day it opens.
Scale was meant to be the advantage. Run on the current model, scale is the bill.
*Land and asset figures are estimates, not completed market valuations. Every basis is stated in the full report.
Each one has a listed twin that built a far smaller version of the same asset. Tap an asset to see how the market prices the smaller version.
Market values are approximate, rounded, from public market data as of mid-August 2026. They move daily and are shown for scale, not as valuation benchmarks.
Every idea below went through the same hard gates on regulation, capability and capital risk. Tap any of them: five come with their scores and cases, the other eleven stay sealed until Exhibit T on the 25th. Add the ones you'd back to your slate as you go.
On record. Exhibit T settles it on the 25th.
The full report values India Post's idle assets plus the five businesses above. Before you see our figure, place your own on the ladder the market has already built, from the twins you just met to the giants above them. Drag, then seal it.
Your guess is on record. Ours lands above five of the six names on this ladder, and the gap is not small.
Ladder shows approximate market values from public market data, mid-August 2026, rounded. For scale, not as valuation benchmarks.
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