PIN CODES HELP identify an ad dress location, but this will soon be history. The Department of Posts in col laboration with IIT Hyderabad, NRSC and ISRO has developed an open-source national-level addressing grid. While traditional PIN codes cover a wide area, the 10-digit Digipin system represents the exact location. This initiative seeks to provide simplified addressing solu tions for seamless delivery of public and private services and to enable “Address as a Service” (AaaS) across the country. It is expected to be beneficial in rural and remote areas. To find your Digipin, just log in to https://dac.indiapost.gov. in/mydigipin/home. With the Digipin, what happens to the postal address? It remains the same. But as the ecosystem expands into more sectors and is integrated with more GIS systems, the need for providing a descriptive postal address to service agencies for availing any service may reduce.
