SpiceDigital develops e- Governance app UMANG

Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance (UMANG) app has been developed by SpiceDigital, the technology partner on the UMANG project to design, develop and deliver the app.

Reinforcing the vision of Digital India initiative, the app will enable an increase in the penetration of e-governance in the country.

"We are proud to be the chosen partner agency for design, development and delivery of UMANG project. This project will bring e-governance on a unified platform, making it accessible to all citizens to access myriad e-governance services with ease," SpiceDigital said in a statement.

UMANG brings forth a cohesive system making e-governance measures, schemes, policies, and services accessible to the citizens on a single platform bringing down the complexity of the whole process, the company added.

The app was announced last year by the PMO, and is a part of the Digital India initiative by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

The app is launched with the provisions of 43 government departments that grants access to 150+ services, and have a target to reach 200 departments granting access to 1200+ services by December 2019.

The availability of the app in 12 regional languages in addition to english makes the app user friendly and relevant to tier II, III cities and the rural areas, thus widening the scope and exposure of the app, SpiceDigital said.