Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN)
On 22nd July, 2024, the Department of Post, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, released a beta version of the National Addressing Grid - DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number).
- The Department has collaborated with IIT Hyderabad for developing this National Addressing Grid.
What is DIGIPIN?
- DIGIPIN is visualised as an alpha numeric offline grid system that divides the geographical territory of India into uniform 4X 4 meter (approx.) units.
- Each of these 4m X 4m units is assigned a unique 10-digit alphanumeric code, derived from the latitude and longitude coordinates of the unit.
- This alphanumeric code will serve as the offline addressing ....
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