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DIGIPIN: Department of Posts ties up with Esri India

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: DIGIPIN: Department of Posts ties up with Esri India (GS2/3 · Governance, Tech, 1 September 2025)

What happened

  • The Department of Posts signed an MoU with Esri India, a GIS provider, to use its high-resolution imagery and street basemaps on the DIGIPIN portal [PIB].
  • DIGIPIN will also be integrated with Esri’s Living Atlas portal for the wider GIS community [PIB].

Background

  • DIGIPIN is the Department of Posts’ digital addressing system [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Precise digital addresses help delivery, emergency response and property records.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance

  1. As per PIB (2025-09-01): the Department of Posts signed an MoU with Esri India, a GIS provider, to use its high-resolution imagery and street basemaps on the DIGIPIN portal.
  2. Precise digital addresses help delivery, emergency response and property records.
Quotable data point

The Department of Posts signed an MoU with Esri India, a GIS provider, to use its high-resolution imagery and street basemaps on the DIGIPIN portal.

PIB: DoP-Esri India MoU on DIGIPIN, 1 Sep 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: DIGIPIN.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

DIGIPIN is an initiative of

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

Explainere-Governance in India: Meaning, Models, Digital India, Digital Public Infrastructure and Challenges (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: DoP-Esri India MoU on DIGIPIN, 1 Sep 2025

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