Department of Posts launches 'Know Your DIGIPIN' and 'Know Your PIN Code' portals
The Department of Posts on 27 May 2025 launched the 'Know Your DIGIPIN' and 'Know Your PIN Code' web portals to modernise India's addressing system, in line with the National Geospatial Policy 2022.
Summary
The 'Know Your DIGIPIN' and 'Know Your PIN Code' web portals were launched by the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, on 27 May 2025, in alignment with the National Geospatial Policy 2022. DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number) is an open-source, interoperable, geo-coded, grid-based digital address system developed by the Department of Posts with IIT Hyderabad and NRSC, ISRO. It is central to the department's vision of Address-as-a-Service (AaaS) for secure and efficient interactions between users, government entities and private organisations.
Key facts
- Launched
- 27 May 2025, Department of Posts
- Portals
- Know Your DIGIPIN; Know Your PIN Code
- DIGIPIN
- Open-source, geo-coded, grid-based digital address system
- Developed with
- IIT Hyderabad and NRSC, ISRO
- Policy link
- National Geospatial Policy 2022
- Vision
- Address-as-a-Service (AaaS)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
DIGIPIN, for which the Department of Posts launched a 'Know Your DIGIPIN' portal in May 2025, was developed in collaboration with which institutions?
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Correct answer: D — IIT Hyderabad and NRSC, ISRO
DIGIPIN was developed by the Department of Posts with IIT Hyderabad and NRSC, ISRO.
Consider the following statements about DIGIPIN: 1. It is an open-source, geo-coded, grid-based digital address system. 2. The 'Know Your DIGIPIN' portal was launched in alignment with the National Geospatial Policy 2022. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct as per the Ministry of Communications.