Current Context : Recently, Department of Posts released beta version of Digital Postal Index Number  (DIGIPIN) for public comments and expert opinion.

• The Department had collaborated with IIT Hyderabad for developing a National Addressing Grid, named as Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN).

ABOUT DIGIPIN

• Aim : to establish a geo-coded addressing system in India.
• Goal : for ensuring simplified addressing solutions for citizen-centric delivery of public and private services.
• It will act as a strong and robust pillar of Geospatial Governance.

Significance of DIGIPIN: It can be used for logically locating addresses with directional properties built into it.