Context
MeitY has enabled map services in “UMANG App '' through an MOU with MapmyIndia, to further enhance the initiatives of the Digital India Programme.
About the UMANG mobile app
- UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is a single, unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app, providing access to high-impact services of various organizations (Central and State).
- The UMANG App was launchedin 2017.
- This brings major government services on a single mobile app.
- It has a larger goal to make the government accessible on mobile phones of citizens.
- It is available through Android, iOS, Web, and KaiOS platforms.
- Citizens can also access their Digilocker Accounts from UMANG and give their feedback after availing of any service through Rapid Assessment System (RAS) which has been integrated with UMANG.
mapMyIndia:
- It is a product of an indigenous, company that was established in 1995.
- It has digitally mapped the entire country.
- It helps users find relevant places nearby and see them on detailed building level maps.
- MapmyIndia’s APIs enable app and technology developers to easily integrate India’s own, indigenous, Aatmanirbhar maps into their apps.
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UMANG app has already started to provide map functionality through MapmyIndia in the following services:
- Mera Ration– To navigate ‘Nearest Fair Price Shops’.
- eNAM- 'Mandi Near Me' service, to navigate the nearby mandis pointed on the map.
- Damini - ‘Damini Lightning Alerts’service to provide lightning alerts to users by giving visual areas.
Maps in future
It will be shortly enabled in many more services such as:
- ESIC- Users can view hospitals/dispensaries on the map view and navigate
- Indian Oil - nearby retail and distributors of Gas stations
- NHAI: toll plazas and toll rates information
- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) provides information to nearby police stations on the map.
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (Meri Sadak)will help users to raise complaints of damaged roads (under PMGSY) by selecting the road on the MapmyIndia platform.
