Lok Sabha Question No. 2573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: UMANG Mobile App
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra, Vijay Kumar Dubey, Rebati Tripura

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2573

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## UMANG MOBILE APP

## 2573. SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to integrate UMANG  Mobile  App with MapmyIndia  Maps  with  a  view  to  further  enhance  the  initiatives  of  Digital  India Programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  State  Governments  particularly  in  UP  Region  that  are  offering  their services through the said App;
- (d) the total cost involved in development of the App; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken/  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  ease  the  lives  of citizens by facilitating online delivery of Government services?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) App has signed a MoU with  MapmyIndia  to  provide  the  various  department  services  on  maps  through  UMANG App.

Following services have been already integrated with UMANG:

- Mera Ration - Users can identify and navigate to the 'Nearest Fair Price Shops', as shops are visible on the map.
- eNAM -  'Mandi  Near  Me'  service  will  help  users  to  identify  and  navigate  to  the nearby mandis on the map.
- Damini - 'Damini Lightning Alerts' service is to provide lightning alerts to the users by  giving  a  visual  nearby  search  of  lightning  strikes  that  happened  in  the  last  few minutes. This alert mechanism provides the possibility of lighting on the map.
- (c): Following services of UP are available on UMANG:
- Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) -  Bill  payment  services  of  UP  billers  in  the following categories:
- o Education
- o Electricity (UP Power Corporation Ltd. - Urban & Rural)
- o Gas
- o Housing Society
- o Municipal Taxes (e.g. Agra, Aligarh, Lalitpur, Meerut, Prayagraj)
- o Water
- Parivahan Sewa - Vahan
- o Vehicle's RC from Digilocker
- o Road Tax
- o Fitness Certificate
- (d): As  on  May 2021, the total cost incurred in the development of UMANG app & onboarding of various govt. services and its operations is Rs. 37.72 crore.
- (e): To ease the lives of the citizens by facilitating online delivery of Government services, various initiatives  under  the  Digital  India  programme  have  been  undertaken  to  provide  the online services across the sectors including agriculture, education, health, finance, housing, etc. Some of the key initiatives taken by the Government under the Digital India programme are Aadhaar,                e-District, DigiLocker, e-Sign, Common Services Centre (CSC), eHospital,  Jeevan  Pramaan,  National  Scholarship  Portal  (NSP),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gramin Digital  Saksharta  Abhiyaan  (PMGDISHA),  e-BASTA,  AgriMarket,  Aadhaar  Enabled Payment System (AEPS), PayGov, BHIM etc.

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