Q. UMANG app comes under the ambit of which ministry?
Answer:
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Notes:
- Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) is a mobile app of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- This app was launched so that one can access the central and state government services.
- This app supports 13 Indian languages and is available for Android, iOS and Windows.
- The app is aimed at all citizens of India and offers hundreds of services including payment, registration, information search and application forms.
- The app was developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with the National e-Governance Division and launched in the year 2017 by PM Modi.
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the International version of the UMANG application.
- The version is launched in countries like UK, US, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, UAE, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand.
- The aim behind launching an international version of UMANG App is to promote Indian culture in the rest of the world.