Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies and interventions; E-governance
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UMANG’s international version was recently launched to mark the occasion of its 3 years.
It is launched in select countries that include USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
Primary Ministry: Ministry of IT
Version launched in coordination with: Ministry of External Affairs
Key takeaways
It will help Indian international students, NRIs and Indian tourists abroad, to avail Government of India services, anytime.
It will also help in taking India to the world through ‘Indian Culture’ services available on UMANG and create interest amongst foreign tourists to visit India.
Important value additions
The UMANG mobile app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is a Government of India all-in-one single multi-lingual, multi-service Mobile App.
It provides access to high impact services of various Government of India Departments and State Governments.
Aim: To fast-track mobile governance in India.
Developed by: National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & IT.
UMANG enables ‘Ease of Living’ for Citizens by providing easy access to a number of Indian government services such as Healthcare, Finance, Education, Housing, Energy, etc.
Key partners of UMANG: Employee Provident Fund Organization, Direct Benefit Transfer scheme departments, Employee State Insurance Corporation, Ministries of Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
It is a ‘Digital India’ initiative.
UMANG attained ‘Best m-Government service’ award at the 6th World Government Summit held at Dubai, UAE in February 2018.
