Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) is a mobile app, a Digital India initiative[1] of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (in short form MeitY[2]), by the Government of India for access to central and state government services. The app supports 23 Indian languages and is available for Android and iOS.
Developer(s) | Government of India |
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Initial release | November 2017 |
Operating system | Android, iOS |
Available in | 23 Languages of India |
Type | Online service provider, DigiLocker, |
License | Freeware, proprietary |
Website | umang.gov.in |
The app is aimed at all citizens of India and offers hundreds of services including payment, registration, information search and application forms.[3] It is a component of the Digital India initiative, intending to make government services available to the general public online and around the clock.[4][5]
The app was developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with the National e-Governance Division[4] and launched in November 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyberspace in New Delhi.[3][6] At launch the app offered 162 services from 33 state and central government departments and four states.[5]