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- Department of Post has released the beta version of the digital National Addressing Grid.
- DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number), a beta version of the National Addressing Grid, has been released by the Department of Post.
- DIGIPIN will use one of the 16 alphanumeric symbols (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,G,J,K,L,M,P,W,X).
- The entire country will be divided into 16 regions (4X4), including the maritime EEZ.
- The first character for the DIGIPIN will identify one of these 16 regions.
- The second character in DIGIPIN will give the location of a place in the first region.
- The postal department and IIT Hyderabad have developed this system.
- This code will then be used as the “offline addressing reference” for any specific location within the DIGIPIN system.
- DIGIPIN can also be used for emergency rescue operations and national disasters such as floods.
- It will act as a robust pillar of Geospatial Governance.
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