This e-book is a compilation of major events and major services offered by UMANG App that help citizens in improving ‘Ease of Living’.
Ministry of Electronics and IT, under the ambit of Digital India programme, has initiated several technology-led transformations towards improving ‘Ease-of-living’ for citizens. Mobile governance i.e. providing services through mobile phones was one of the key focus areas. Project UMANG was inspired from the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister and UMANG mobile application was envisaged to have a transformative and historic impact on the lives of citizens by allowing them to avail digital services on 24*7 basis, without any intermediary.
On November 23, 2017, the Hon’ble Prime Minister dedicated UMANG Mobile app to the Nation with 163 services and currently the app has 316+ government departments and 1750+ number of services. Within a short period of its successful running, UMANG mobile app bagged four major awards.
UMANG mobile app aggregates major government services of the Centre, States, and local bodies and important utility services to facilitate single point access anytime, anywhere.
UMANG supports 23 languages, requires about 21 MB space, helps in discovery of relevant services for the users and bookmarks them for frequent use. All DigiLocker documents are available on the home page and users can check popular and trending services on the dashboard.
UMANG has simplified the process of integration with government departments, without hiring any external agency, departments can onboard their services on UMANG within a week.
Core integrations of UMANG are Aadhaar, DigiLocker, e-Raktkosh, CIBIL, and Indian Railways. UMANG is also helping departments with GPR (Government Process Re-engineering) and upgradation of their individual platforms. On the one hand, UMANG team responds to the user, understands their pain points and interacts with the departments to improve the overall experience of end users.
UMANG has reached a level of more than 5 crore downloads and 5.61 crore registered users while maintaining an average Play Store rating of 4+ from more than 300K users feedback. On a daily basis, about 25,000 - 30,000 new users are registering on UMANG.
UMANG’s ‘Assisted Mode’ enables service delivery through 12 delivery partners including Common Service Centres (CSCs). The international version of UMANG mobile app is being made available in countries, such as USA, UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and UAE.
Since its launch, UMANG has come a long way. The mobile application’s services count has now reached 1750+ ( From 316 Centre and States departments) and 386+ Cr. + transactions on services). This can be seen from the following graph:
Through Buyer/Seller - mKisan service on UMANG, farmers can buy & sell products, create & share product carts and interact among themselves. The farmer gets the negotiating power and they can sell the product at a better price.
Kisan Sarathi offers services like farmer registration, query submission, expert consultations, FAQs, notifications, and profile updates on UMANG App. It empowers farmers with information and support, enhancing their farming experience.
The integrated farming system in NER includes the revenue source components like livestock and fishing. This service has a special focus on livestock and fish farming. on UMANGcitizens can register, raise their queries and track their queries.
Coffee Board allows citizens to register themselves as growers and helps citizens to register themselves as a Coffee Grower. They can also check application status on the UMANG App.
Gujarat-iKhedut helps Farmers/Applicants to apply for subsidies under multiple services such as: agricultural equipment, and offer assistance on construction of cattle shed and poultry farming, applicants can apply, and confirm their application status on UMANG.
Farmers can use following services on UMANG: Check beneficiary and Payment Status under PM-KISAN Scheme, Name correction as per Aadhaar, Register themselves, check the status and contact the helpdesk.
Crop insurance on UMANG allows citizens to calculate premium, check application status, and apply online for crop insurance using a mobile number.
Kisan Rath allows farmers to check transport service providers details in their area, farmers can get video help, and contact details of their respective states and districts.
Crop insurance on UMANG allows citizens to calculate premium, check application status, and apply online for crop insurance using a mobile number.
Farmers can easily check FPO/FPC/ Cooperative societies directory, APEDA’s Scheme, check commodity wise prices, nearby Mandi information, and information on state procurement portals.
Citizens can easily check the seed dealer’s information of their respective states/ district and block in their area, they can also check various types of seed varieties on UMANG.
Citizens can get Manufacturers / Dealers of Agricultural Machinery details, Calculate subsidy, know application status, register for subsidy, Know about Custom hiring centers, check availability of agriculture machinery for sale and purchase.
Under Horticulture service, Farmers can know their application status using beneficiary ID/ mobile number and Aadhaar number on UMANG.
Directly access DD Kisan Youtube channel on UMANG and watch updated content on farming, agriculture and many other discussions.
Know about Common Disease and Cure, Benefits of Artificial Insemination (AI), Major Breeds, Major Vaccinations, Central Vaccination Schemes, Vaccinations and AI Schedules on UMANG.
Citizens can check their PF balance, Raise claim, view Passbook, raise and track claim status, View EPFO office address, Register Grievance and update Jeevan Pramaan certificate using this app. The services are divided into following categories:
Citizens can access ESIC services on UMANG App, they can check their profile, contribution and benefits , check claim status, download e-pehchan card and health Passbook, get to know ESI centers and file grievances on UMANG.
BUnder the pensioners service, pensioners can generate and view life certificates using their mobile handset. An external biometric device is required for fingerprint authentication before generating the life certificate.
The NPS subscribers can access the latest account details using PRAN and a password. Subscribers can browse through account information, change scheme preferences, contribute to subscriber accounts and many other functionalities.
The Scheme provides pension to eligible citizens of age of 60. On UMANGusers can check their current holding, transaction statement, download e-Pran and they can also upgrade or downgrade their account
e- Samajkalyan helps citizens from Gujarat who belong to Scheduled Castes, Developing Castes, Socially and Economically Backward Classes, Minority communities and who are physically and mentally challenged persons, orphans, old aged, by applying for various schemes according to eligibility criteria to get economic support.
e-Shram is used for enrollment, registration, collection and identification of the required data of all the unorganized workers. On UMANG citizens can register themselves, update their profile, download UAN and view their profile.
On UMANG learners can access digital resources (text/ audio/ video format), journals, lectures etc. for primary to postgraduate students & readers in all areas like Technology, Social Science, Literature, Law and Medical etc, and are accessible under National Digital Library of India service.
UMANG users can check PAN-India list of approved institutes, apply for scholarship, track application status and check eligibility for PG- scholarship under the AICTE service.
UMANG users can view content by NPTEL, IITs, UGC, CEC, IGNOU, NCERT and NIOS on UMANG App. Students can access various DTH channels having many titles, anytime anywhere.
UMANG provides a common portal for various Scholarship schemes of Central and State Governments. Students can apply for Fresh/ renewal scholarships, track and check their eligibility.
The user can view profile details and can check payment status for various scholarships paid and scheduled and can also view universities, colleges, Bureaus and ebook lists.
On UMANG, 10th & 12th class students can view CBSE board results every year. Also, they can access their issued marksheets through DigiLocker on the UMANG
National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established as a premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions. on UMANG students can view and download their admit card, confirmation details, score card of JEE, CUET, NEET (UG), GPAT, CMAT results.
AICTE Training & Learning Academy (ATAL Academy) facilitates through training and workshops to up-grade the knowledge and skills of faculty members of AICTE approved Institutions, Research Scholars, PG Scholars, Participants from Govt, Industry and staff of host institutions. on UMANG students can view the workshop details, check attendance, test marks, download certificates and verify their certificates on UMANG App.
On UMANG App, The Indian culture repository currently has more than 12,000 rare books, 80,000 e-books, more than 27,00,000 archival documents, over 100,000 photo archives, almost 1,000 gazetteers, about 15,00,000 images and sections on musical instruments of India, and cuisine of India. Apart from all this, there are some very interesting curated stories about Indian history and heritage based on actual archival documents.
On UMANG, Jan Aushadhi Sugam service helps citizens to search for nearby Jan Aushadhi Kendra, generic medicines and provide feedback and suggestions, as well citizens can report bugs encountered while using the application.
Pharma Sahi Daam from NPPA is an online search tool for checking prices of Scheduled/Non-Scheduled medicines instantly at the time of purchasing medicines and for searching medicine substitutes. on UMANG App, citizens can search the medicine, register online complaint, check the ceiling price and view/track complaint
e-RaktKosh is an initiative to connect and digitize blood banks. On UMANG, citizens can easily find the blood banks, check the blood availability, check camp schedule, and thalassemia patients can register and raise new requests.
ABHA service helps citizens to maintain their health record at one place. Citizens can create PHR addresses via Health ID, mobile number, email address. Applications also provide provision to request the health data from the linked health care facilities, download ABHA card on UMANG and have a longitudinal view of the health data at the fingertips.
Carbon neutral calculators can assess how citizens' lifestyle choices can impact the environment, on UMANG .By responding to a few simple questions, citizens can compute the level of CO2 emission.
eSanjeevani OPD application provides stay-home consultation service to citizens. It provides an interface to register patient profiles, view prescriptions and view OPD timings for his/her state. On UMANG App, citizens can view OPD timings, check patient profile, check past prescriptions, and check family members list.
Citizens can book and refill cylinders from Indane, Bharat Gas, and BPCL agencies, they check profile and cylinder disbursement history, apply for a new connection, upload KYC details and many more service related requests on UMANG App.
Telangana Meeseva application offers a range of government services to citizens, such as certificate issuance, bill payments and information related to various government schemes. On UMANG App, citizens of telangana can book online seva Pooja, apply for income, family, resident, EBC, and OBC certificate.
UMANG is integrated with Digilocker services, citizens can check the issued documents, access them anytime, save and upload them directly on their account.
My Aadhaar integration with UMANGhelps citizens to access a wide range of services, such as, locating enrolment centers, view authentication history, download Aadhaar, lock or unlock Aadhar, generate virtual ID and many more services.
PHED department in Haryana offers many services on the UMANG platform. Citizens can apply for a new connections, lodge complaint, check status of their complain, and make bill payment for new connections on UMANG App
Citizens on UMANG can get assistance on passport services. citizens can get advice on documents, locate centers, calculate fees and check status tracker and get appointment availability.
Citizens of Jammu and Kashmir can apply for a new electricity connection, change name, raise change ownership request, track status and many more services on UMANG App.
e-sampark aims to bring together all citizen services for users on one app such as payments of electricity bills and water bills. citizens can pay electricity, water and get duplicate receipts on UMANG App
On UMANG, citizens can register grievances, regarding any defect or deficiency in the purchased service or product, check grievance history, get contact details, and read relevant knowledge base and related videos.
MyGov is one of the biggest citizen centric platforms in India. On UMANG, citizens can be active partners in nation-building through participation in Tasks, Discussions, Polls, and Talks on MyGov platform
Citizens can register with the Public Grievance Redressal service to lodge grievances and complaints related to any government department. Register and view the status of their complaint.
SAMADHAN service helps individuals, trade unions or management to raise an industrial dispute to the respective Conciliation Officers which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or with the conditions of labor. Citizens can register themselves, raise disputes, track dispute status and download applications on UMANG App.
Citizens can apply for a new PAN Card, apply for change/correction details in PAN Card like change of name, address, DOB, Father name etc. locate nearest center, and track the application and many more services on UMANG.
CIBIL service on UMANG helps citizens to know their first free CIBIL score which is a 3 digit numeric summary of their credit history, derived by using details found in the banking and credit card accounts.`Citizens can also check myths and facts about CIBIL and read the current FAQ.
Citizens can pay road tax for commercial vehicles for the following states, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, & view vehicle’s RC through DigiLocker on UMANG.
Indian Railways on UMANG provides a wide range of services including passenger services, train running information, freight services, parcel services, and Rail Madad for efficient and convenient transportation solutions. Indian Railways offer following services:
Parivahan Sewa- Sarathi application allows citizens to apply for LLR, view or upload their license in DigiLocker. The service is accessible via UMANG.
Department of Science and Technology’s Women Scientists Scheme, provides opportunities to women scientists and technologists (27-57 years), who had a break in career but desire to return. Search projects, check status, view sanctioned projects and other information on UMANG.
Government of Assam initiated a scheme for girls to support their marriage. On UMANG citizens can apply for Arundhati Gold Scheme and track the status of their application.
To ensure quality services to pregnant women and children across the country, UMANG has integrated RCH service on its platform. Pregnant women and child can view ANC and immunization calendar on UMANG App
MGNREGA aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. UMANG user can:
MSME stands for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. These include start-ups and other business initiatives that are comparatively small in budget and have limited operations. On UMANG citizens can register and apply for the scheme, check the status & download the certificate.
Kaushal Panjee or Skill Register aims to be the first step for any rural youth looking for getting skilled or starting a business. Rural Youth can register, find the nearest training center on UMANGand connect to the training partners and banks working in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Development.
UMANG onboarded three services from ISRO, Indian Institute of remote sensing, NRSC Apprenticeship, and space application center, applicants can apply for fellowship programs, apply for the job posting and check their application status on UMANG App.
FSP also Known as Future Skills Prime is a service through which a candidate can update their details for getting DBT benefits related to the subscribed courses. On UMANG citizens can update their profile details and track their application.
NSDC has introduced an initiative that allows aspirant candidates to register for skill training and learning and employment opportunities through the online portal. On UMANG aspirants can register, find the training center and check the training status.
Citizens can save all cases of interest using the ‘Add Case’ button, view the cause list of a particular case based on details such as Court Complex Name, Judge Name, search for case status using different search parameters and Users can view their case status using CNR no. or QR code on UMANG App.
Marginalized individuals, seeking quality legal advice and counsel can use this service on UMANG to connect with volunteer ‘Advocates’. Registrations are available for individuals and advocates.
Delhi Police service on UMANGallows citizens to view details of missing mobile phone, stolen vehicle, missing person, unidentified person and dead body. Citizens can also get information on traffic advisory, traffic alert, and traffic complaints.
Users can avail important services such as telephone numbers and helpline numbers of the senior offices/police stations, search for seized vehicles, search for missing persons and unknown dead bodies.
The UP COP provides a range of services such as FIR registration, view/download FIR, Lost Item Registration, Road Accident Details on UMANG App.User can get information about unidentified Dead Bodies and Missing Person on UMANG.
Through Uttarakhand-CCTNS On UMANGcitizens can apply for various services such as view FIR, Complaint register, cyber crime complaint register, track status of their request.
On UMANGTamil Nadu Police service helps citizens to view Complaint Status, FIR status, CSR Status and Vehicle Status.
All UMANG users can view the status of current weather, city forecast and rainfall information. Also, tourism forecasts and cyclone related information can be checked. Warnings related to expected severe weather can be viewed on different geographies of India.
The Department of Posts allows citizens to validate pin code and calculate the cost of any postage based on the weight and size dimensions of the package.
Citizens all over India can check their ration card details, commodity balance of respective months, last 6 months transaction details and locate the nearest fair price shop within the 10 Km radius to the geo location of the citizens.
Damini Lightning Alert application on UMANG warns the citizens about the lightning on the basis of their geography. Citizens can check lightning alerts in their location. Citizens can view the lightning alert which occurred in the last five minutes, ten minutes, and 15 minutes on the map.
e-GOPALA provides a platform to farmers in the country for managing livestock including, citizens can register, get information on ayurvedic veterinary medicines, Calculate balanced diet for animals, get frozen semen, IVF Embryos details on UMANG.
1750+ Citizen centric services from 316+ departments of 26 States and 7 Union Territories are available on UMANG. Users can avail all these services anytime (24x7), anywhere just on the click of a button.
Following is the list of some important services and service categories. Details can be explored on UMANG mobile app and web:
Efficiency Enhancements
UMANG is contributing in enhancing transparency and efficiency in services delivery and bringing down the overall cost of promotion.
Way Forward
UMANG targets to bring major services that are remaining of the Central and the State government departments in the next 2 years. To increase the reach of UMANG beyond smartphone users, enhance accessibility to the differentally-abled and less educated and service delivery through ‘Artificial Intelligence based Voice Assistant’ is being planned.
Efficiency Enhancements
UMANG is contributing in enhancing transparency and efficiency in service delivery and bringing down the overall cost of promotion.
Way Forward
UMANG targets to bring major services which are remaining in the Central and the State government departments in the next 2 years. To increase the reach of UMANG beyond smartphone users, enhance accessibility to the differently-abled and less educated and service delivery through ‘Artificial Intelligence based Voice Assistant’ is being planned.
This ebook is a compilation of major events and major services offered by UMANG that help citizens in improving ‘Ease of Living’.
This e-book is a compilation of major events and major services offered by UMANG App that help citizens in improving ‘Ease of Living’.