Governance
India Post Gives PINs Digital IDs. Postman Still Lost.
The Take
India Post built DHRUVA, a UPI-style digital address system. PIN codes now come with personal IDs. The department believes alphanumeric strings will fix what six-digit PINs could not. Postmen continue to ask neighbours for directions. The government has named two address systems in one year. Nobody has named the actual houses yet.
The Wire
India Post has launched DHRUVA, a digital address system that assigns personal IDs to PIN codes, resembling UPI's architecture. The system aims to revamp India's addressing framework by giving every location a unique digital identity. This follows the earlier rollout of DIGIPIN. Per NDTV and MediaNama, DHRUVA works as a UPI-like layer over existing postal addresses.
The receipts
Source: NDTV