Department of Posts Launches 'Know Your DIGIPIN' and 'Know Your PIN Code' Online Platforms.

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In May 2025, the Department of Posts (DoP) under the Ministry of Communications (MoC) launched two transformative web platforms: ‘Know Your DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number)’ and ‘Know Your PIN Code’.


      - This initiative marks a significant step towards modernizing India’s addressing system and enhancing geospatial governance.

      - Both digital platforms align with the National Geospatial Policy 2022, which aims to build a robust geospatial infrastructure to support digital governance and improve public service delivery.

     

Main Point :-   (i) The DIGIPIN is an open-source, interoperable, geo-coded, grid-based digital address system.

      (ii) It was developed by the DoP in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Hyderabad (IIT-H) and the Hyderabad (Telangana)-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), a primary centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the Department of Space (DoS).

(iii) ‘Know Your PIN Code’ was introduced to modernize the conventional 6-digit Postal Index Number (PIN Code) system, originally launched in 1972.
About Department of Posts (DoP)

Secretary : Vandita Kaul
Headquarters : New Delhi
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