Know Your DIGIPIN’ and ‘Know Your PIN Code Web Portals

Know Your DIGIPIN’ and ‘Know Your PIN Code Web Portals Latest News

Recently, the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications launched two transformative digital platforms: ‘Know Your DIGIPIN’ and ‘Know Your PIN Code’.

About Know Your DIGIPIN

• The DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number) is an open-source, interoperable, geo-coded, grid-based digital address system developed by the Department of Posts in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and NRSC, ISRO.
• Vision: To offer Address-as-a-Service (AaaS) — an array of services associated with address data management to support secure and efficient interactions between users, government entities, and private sector organisations.
• The ‘Know Your DIGIPIN’ portal enables users to:
  • Retrieve their DIGIPIN based on precise geolocation.
  • Input latitude and longitude coordinates to fetch corresponding DIGIPINs and vice versa.

Advantages Of Know Your DIGIPIN

• This initiative simplifies location mapping, enhances logistics and emergency response, and ensures last-mile delivery, especially in rural and underserved areas.
• Incorporating DIGIPIN as an additional address attribute enables the leveraging of GIS capabilities, laying the foundation for future GIS-based digitalisation of service delivery across various organisations in a cost-effective manner.
• DIGIPIN will enhance location accuracy across multiple sectors by providing precise geographic coordinates, ensuring accurate service delivery and reducing emergency response times.
• A complete repository of the DIGIPIN technical documentation and source code has been made available on GitHub, promoting open collaboration and nationwide adoption.
• It is now available to all Ministries, State Governments, institutions for integration into their workflows, and users for their own use.

About Know Your PIN Code Web Application

• It is the six-digit PIN Code system, introduced in 1972.
• The Department undertook a national geofencing exercise across all postal jurisdictions to geo-reference all the pin code boundaries of the country.

Features of Know Your PIN Code Web Application

• Identify the correct PIN Code based on the location.
• Submit feedback on PIN Code accuracy for continuous refinement of pin code dataset.
• The geo-fenced PIN Code boundaries dataset has also been uploaded on Open Government Data Platform under the title “All India PIN Code Boundary geo-json”.

Know Your DIGIPIN’ and ‘Know Your PIN Code Web Portals FAQs

Q1: What is the digi pin code?

Ans: A DIGIPIN code is a 10-character alphanumeric sequence. It’s a pure function of your location’s latitude and longitude, making it unique for each approx.

Q2: What is the full form of PIN code?

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Ans: PIN code stands for Postal Index Number code.

Q3: Can digipin be used for rural or remote areas?

Ans: Yes, DIGIPIN works for all areas, including rural, remote, and urban regions.

Source: PIB