UMANG Full Form

What is the full form of UMANG?

Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) is an app which is launched by the Government of India in order to provide access to various government services in one place. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2017. This app is a common platform for various government services like gas booking, crop insurance, Aadhaar, Employee provident fund (EPF) and National Pension System.

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1. What is the full form of UMANG?
2. Table of Contents
3. Vision of UMANG
4. Services provided by UMANG
5. Objectives of UMANG

UMANG app was launched with provisions of the 43 government departments that grant access to 150+ services and its target is to reach 200 departments granting access to 1200+ services. Currently, the UMANG app has almost 162 services from thirty-three states and central government departments and 4 states.

Table of Contents

• Vision Of UMANG

• Services Provided By UMANG

• Objectives Of UMANG

• Frequently Asked Questions

Vision of UMANG

UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance) is one of the main initiatives under the Digital India program in order to develop a common, unified platform and a mobile app to enable a single point of access to all government services. It acts as a master application, which helps to integrate the major government services from different sectors such as Agriculture, Education, Housing, and health among others. The application also enables users to easily access e-Government services from the central Government, State Governments, various local bodies and their agencies.

UMANG is aimed to bring governance to the fingertips of people through a 'mobile first' strategy. This multilingual app has been developed and operated by National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in order to fast-track Mobile Governance in India. Its main aim is to eliminate the inconveniences faced by users in managing multiple mobile apps and to facilitate a one-stop solution to benefit from varied government services. By downloading one mobile app, will aid the convergence of various efforts, which were carried out separately, to reach out to individuals via mobile phones.

Services provided by UMANG

• One can easily apply for a PAN (permanent account number) using the UMANG app. The e-KYC or electronic- know your customer can easily be done by providing the Aadhaar. Anyone who has applied for a PAN card can easily check the status of the application by using this app.

• Pensioners can easily generate their digital life certificates by using this app.

• If you have a (National Pension System)NPS account, then you can check your current account holdings, account details, and recent contributions using the UMANG app. You can apply for a change in the address of some of the services using this app. Also, you can easily change your scheme preference of NPS using this app.

• Job seekers can register themselves easily under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana using the UMANG app.

Objectives of UMANG

1) To act as an initiator and facilitator in developing the overall mobile-based service delivery ecosystem in the country.

2) To provide easy access for people to various services by using a single Mobile Application, an easy-to-remember short code and a single Toll-Free number.

3) To provide easy discoverability of services, standardisation of service delivery and easy manageability.

4)To provide quick mobile enablement of e-Gov applications and services of Government departments by easy and fast integration, mobile front-end roll-out by bringing their services on the mobile application platform.