Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG)

Why in news?

• To mark the occasion of 3 years of UMANG and 2000 plus services milestone, an online conference was organized under the chairmanship of Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad.

What is UMANG?

• UMANG is developed by National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
• UMANG provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services ranging from central to local govt bodies and other citizen centric services.
• The app is for everyone who needs to interact with any government or semi-government depart at center, state or local level in India.
• It makes available online a plethora of off-line services through a single unified app. Customer Support is available from 8 am to 8 pm all days of the year.
• It has synergies with other key Government of India schemes, such as Digital India, National e-Governance Plan, BharatNet, Make in India, Startup India, Standup India, Industrial corridors, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, Dedicated Freight Corridors and UDAN-RCS.

International Version of UMANG:

• The minister of IT has launched the UMANG’s international version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs.
• It can be used in select countries that include USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
• 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.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following Mobile apps and the sectors with which they are associated:
1.Tarang – Power Transmission Sector
2.SAARTHI – Highway Construction 
3.Aapoorti- Railway procurement
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)1 and 3 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)1,2,3 only

 Answer to prelims question