Govt unveils Umang app for citizen services
23 Nov 2017 10:17 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a new mobile app -- UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) which will allow citizens to access government services on a single platform.
The app was slated to be released in December last year.
The services live on the app include Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) among others.
According to official documents, the UMANG app will provide access to over 1,200 services of various government organisations in states and at the Centre as well as utility payments. Using the app, citizens will be able to access Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) services, apply for a new permanent account number (PAN), and those looking for jobs can register themselves under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
It supports 13 Indian languages and caters to on-demand scalability. It will also support feature phones without internet through USSD.
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