The Umang App to Access Government Services Launched by PM Modi

At the 5th edition of the Global Conference on Internet in New Delhi, the government of India has taken another meaning towards digitization. Prime Government minister Narendra Modi took center phase at the issue to formally unveil the all-in-i e-governance app, UMANG for Android, iOS and Windows users.

UMANG, which basically stands for Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance, is a centralized platform for netizens of the country to access prominent regime services. It unifies more than 162 services from across the country and cardinal government departments, providing a seamless integration with popular consumer-centric services. The Information Applied science Government minister of India, Ravi Shankar Prasad, marked the released of the app with this tweet:

Prime Minister @narendramodi launched the #Umang mobile app. In his first Independence Day speech communication in 2014 PM had said that govt should be bachelor on the mobile telephone of citizens. #Umang has fabricated his vision a reality today with over 160 govt services on i app. #GCCS2017 pic.twitter.com/1LBX4y6e2j

— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) Nov 23, 2017

The UMANG app, which has been nether development since 2016, provides youaccess to core government services similar Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Rapid Assessment System, and Bharat Pecker Payment System. This means y'all can use the UMANG app to not only pay all your utility bills but also know your CBSE test center, book your gas cylinder, file income tax, know details of Provident Funds, register and apply for the PMKY programme, book OPD appointments at government hospitals and much more.

The UMANG app has been developed past the Ministry building of Electronics and Information technology (MeitY) and the National due east-Governance Division (NeGD). Afterward you lot've installed the app, y'all need to create a user profile and digitally complete KYC verification by providing your Aadhaar number when required. UMANG tin can be accessed by anyone in the country equally it is bachelor in 13 languages, namely English, Hindi, Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, and Urdu.

This app fulfills the promise that PM Modi, who has embraced technology with open up arms, made in his first Independence spoken language in 2014. He wants the countrymen to experience closer to the regime and the UMANG app would help attain just that, as office of his vast Digital India vision for the future of the country.

UMANG bridges the gap nosotros've always felt with the government services, which has been a tiresome affair in the past