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India Today
4 days ago
- Science
- India Today
The right address
What: Digipin is a unique 10-character alphanumeric code representing the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location. It aims to complement a regular postal address, which is based on locality, street and house number. An open-source, inter-operable addressing system, Digipin was developed by the Department of Posts in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and the National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO.
India Today
4 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Post offices across India to start digital payments from August 2025
Payment at post offices across India will soon become easier. The Department of Posts has announced plans for all post offices to accept digital payments at their counters from August 2025. This will be possible after upgrading the information technology system, which is being called IT 2.0, to provide digital payments through dynamic QR coding, which links to UPI. Officials said that the Department of Posts would provide help for customers who want to pay digitally instead of now, post offices in India could not accept digital payments because the systems could not communicate with UPI (Unified Payment Interface). That is changing. The IT 2.0 upgrade will provide an application that will allow counters to generate unique dynamic QR codes for each transaction, making it easier and safer for customers wishing to pay for a service has been a pilot rollout of the new system in Karnataka already. All the head offices in Mysore, Bagalkot, and several small offices have successfully implemented QR-based booking of mail products. According to officials, the new payment system capable of making digital payments will be in place across all post offices in the coming years and is expected to be ready by August 2025. Previously, the Department of Posts had implemented static QR codes at counters to facilitate digital payments. However, this initiative faced technical concerns and a significant number of complaints from customers, which led to its termination. The department has now taken the lessons from that experience and decided to implement dynamic QR codes. Dynamic QR codes are generated in real-time for each transaction and allow customers to make payments securely and more reliably than static is expected to improve access for millions of people visiting post offices daily, and particularly customers in rural and semi-urban areas, to undergo digital payments for services such as postage, parcels, and deposits into savings schemes. This initiative is also seen as part of the broader push towards a cashless India.- Ends
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Post offices across India to start accepting digital payments from August
Post offices across India will start accepting digital payments at counters from August after completing the rollout of a new application in their IT system, official sources said. Post offices have not been able to accept digital payments as they don't have their accounts synced with UPI (unique payment interface) system. "The Department of Posts is implementing its IT infrastructure which will have new applications that are enabled to perform transactions with Dynamic QR Code. Rollout will be completed at all post offices by August 2025," an official source told PTI. Pilot rollout of the new system under IT 2.0 has been started in the Karnataka circle. QR-based booking of mail products was successfully carried out at the Mysore head office (HO), Bagalkot HO and its subordinate offices. Initially, the Department of Post had introduced static QR code at the point of sale counters at the post offices to enable digital transactions. Live Events However, due to recurring technical difficulties and customer complaints, this approach had to be discontinued.
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Business Standard
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Post offices across India to start accepting digital payments from August
QR-based booking of mail products was successfully carried out at the Mysore head office (HO), Bagalkot HO and its subordinate offices Press Trust of India New Delhi Post offices across India will start accepting digital payments at counters from August after completing the rollout of a new application in their IT system, official sources said. Post offices have not been able to accept digital payments as they don't have their accounts synced with UPI (unique payment interface) system. "The Department of Posts is implementing its IT infrastructure which will have new applications that are enabled to perform transactions with Dynamic QR Code. Rollout will be completed at all post offices by August 2025," an official source told PTI. Pilot rollout of the new system under IT 2.0 has been started in the Karnataka circle. QR-based booking of mail products was successfully carried out at the Mysore head office (HO), Bagalkot HO and its subordinate offices. Initially, the Department of Post had introduced static QR code at the point of sale counters at the post offices to enable digital transactions. However, due to recurring technical difficulties and customer complaints, this approach had to be discontinued. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Hindustan Times
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
ECI's new fast delivery system to give voter ID in 15 days
Jun 25, 2025 01:49 PM IST Election Commission of India has announced a new fast track delivery of the Electors' Photo Identity Cards (EPIC's). Based on this, voter ID cards will be delivered within 15 days of an update in the electoral rolls. To make the EPIC generation efficient ECI has also introduced a dedicated IT module on its recently launched ECINet platform. (PTI) According to the press note by the Election Commission, this move has been taken for the convenience of the voters as envisaged by the Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Gyanesh Kumar. This new system will allow the voters to track their EPIC generation process in real-time from the beginning in Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) till the delivery of voter id to the elector through the Department of Posts (DoP). Moreover, voters will also receive regular notifications through SMS at each stage of the process. How to apply for voter id online To apply for the voter id online, voters need to create an account on the National Voters Service Portal and fill the Form 6. Visit the official portal at Click on the Sign up button and enter mobile number along with email id Create an account with a name and password and enter the OTP to proceed After successfully creating an account, log in with the same details To register a new voter click in the 'Fill Form 6' tab and fill the personal details. Note that this form is only for the new voters and not for updating the voter id. Upload the required documents, preview the details and submit With this a new voter will be registered and the voter can now track their application. How to track voter ID application To track the application online, log in with the details and password Go to the 'Track application' tab Enter the reference number that you received after submitting the Form 6 Select your state and view the application status To increase efficiency, the Election Commission has also introduced a dedicated IT module on its recently launched ECINet platform. This new IT platform will replace the existing process and help streamline the process. The Department of Posts application will also be integrated in the same system to simplify tracking and delivery.
