Lok Sabha Question No. 2362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: UMANG App
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ANJU BALA, RATTAN LAL KATARIA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2362

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2018

## UMANG APP

## 2362      SHRIMATI ANJU BALA: SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  launched  UMANG  App  which  provides  single  unified platform to major Government departments for mobile enablement of their services and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there is an urgent need for providing digital services of Government schemes to rural areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to add more applications to reach a tally of 1200 apps by March 2019 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  total  number  of  users  of  UMANG  App  along  with  the  State-wise  details  thereof including that of Haryana; and
- (e) whether the Government is taking any steps to increase the number of users of this App and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR   ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a): Yes, Sir.  Government has launched UMANG app which is an initiative to build a common, unified  platform  and  common mobile app to facilitate single point access to major Government services through mobile.

UMANG was dedicated to the nation by Hon'ble Prime Minister, on 23rd November 2017.

(b): Yes, Sir.  There is a need for providing digital services of Government schemes to rural areas. Various services beneficial for rural areas are on-boarded on UMANG. These include services for Crop Insurance, Soil Health Card, Agmarknet, Kisan Suvidha, Buyer Seller, M4agriNEI & AKPS. However, the services available on UMANG are equally accessible by  citizens of both rural  as well as urban areas and there is no classification of services on UMANG app based on rural or urban areas.

- (c):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  is  planning  to  add  more  services  from  various  State/UT Governments,  Central  Government  departments.  Currently,  264  services  of  61  applications  of various central government departments and 13 States/UTs have been on-boarded. Many services are  in  pipeline  for  integration  and  many  more  services  are  in  the  discussion  with  various departments for getting approvals to get integrated with UMANG.

(d):    Total  Number  of  Users  registered  on  UMANG  is 68,25,170 as  on  14th  July  2018.  The state/UT wise break-up is given at Annexure.

- (e): Yes , Sir. Government intends to promote usage of UMANG through FM Radio Campaigns, Social Media, Educating Users about UMANG through Digital Literacy programs (PMGDISHA) and also by providing information on UMANG through Partner Departments.

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## Annexure

| State Wise segregation of Users of UMANGApp           | State Wise segregation of Users of UMANGApp           | State Wise segregation of Users of UMANGApp           |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                  | State                                                 | No. of Users                                          |
| 1                                                     | Maharashtra                                           | 557685                                                |
| 2                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 455862                                                |
| 3                                                     | Karnataka                                             | 287964                                                |
| 4                                                     | Gujarat                                               | 278995                                                |
| 5                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                            | 263615                                                |
| 6                                                     | Rajasthan                                             | 185681                                                |
| 7                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 174304                                                |
| 7                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 172921                                                |
| 9                                                     | West Bengal                                           | 166853                                                |
| 10                                                    | Telangana                                             | 162764                                                |
| 11                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 156903                                                |
| 12                                                    | Haryana                                               | 151562                                                |
| 13                                                    | Odisha                                                | 112691                                                |
| 14                                                    | Punjab                                                | 96113                                                 |
| 15                                                    | Kerala                                                | 79365                                                 |
| 16                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 67228                                                 |
| 17                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 65980                                                 |
| 18                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                          | 52844                                                 |
| 19                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 43925                                                 |
| 20                                                    | Assam                                                 | 38398                                                 |
| 21                                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                                        | 13697                                                 |
| 22                                                    | Goa                                                   | 8676                                                  |
| 23                                                    | Tripura                                               | 5400                                                  |
| 25                                                    | Manipur                                               | 3803                                                  |
| 26                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 1599                                                  |
| 27                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 1515                                                  |
| 28                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 1471                                                  |
| 29                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 1099                                                  |
| 30                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 551                                                   |
| Total 3609464 * Wise segregation of Users of UMANGApp | Total 3609464 * Wise segregation of Users of UMANGApp | Total 3609464 * Wise segregation of Users of UMANGApp |

| S.No   | UT                       | No. of Users   |
|--------|--------------------------|----------------|
| 1      | Delhi                    | 197031         |
| 2      | Chandigarh               | 16884          |
| 3      | Puducherry               | 5938           |
| 4      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 3166           |
| 5      | Daman &Diu               | 1626           |
| 6      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1347           |
| 7      | Lakshadweep              | 84             |
| Total  | Total                    | 226076 *       |

* The data provided is for the registered users who have given their demographic details. However, the registered users who have not provided their demographic data are 2989630.

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