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In coordination with Ministry of External Affairs, UMANG’s international version was launched by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad during the conference for selected countries

Countries

USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. 

The international version of the UMANG App can be downloaded by going to the Play Store of specific countries.

Significance

• It will help Indian international students, NRIs and Indian tourists abroad, to avail Government of India services, anytime.
• It will also help in taking India to the world through ‘Indian Culture’ services available on UMANG and create interest amongst foreign tourists to visit India.
• Cultural portfolio available on UMANG will be extremely useful for Indians abroad to pass on information on Indian culture and heritage to the next generation.

About UMANG

The UMANG mobile app (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is a Government of India all-in-one single, unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app. providing access to high impact services of various Government of India Departments and State Governments.

UMANG has now grown to provide 2039 services (373 Central departments, 487  departments of 27 States and 1,179 services for utility bill payments) 

Key Services

UMANG provides easy access to a plethora of Indian government services ranging from – Healthcare, Finance, Education, Housing, Energy, Agriculture, Transport to even Utility and Employment and Skills.

Source: PIB