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WorldIndiaConfirmed118,447Deaths3,583Confirmed5,102,424Deaths332,924New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) added its offerings to the wide variety of services offered by the UMANG app, which earlier included state and central services and bill payments.
However, the app will not be giving any real time notifications or updates on extreme weather events. Sources said that another indigenous app from the national forecaster, which has currently been delayed due to the coronavirus lockdown. Its new prospective release date stands towards the end of June now.
This official IMD app will offer most services, and will inform users of any imminent dangers based on their location data.
Currently, the national forecaster will offer seven services on the app- current weather, forecast for the coming three hours, forecast for the coming seven days, information about rainfall, tourism forecast, warnings, and alerts about cyclones. These services will be taken from the IMD’s official website and bulletins.
“The future is digital, and we have to move ahead with the times,” said M. Rajeevan, secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences speaking to ET. “Weather services are an important national service, along with the others already included in the app,” he added.
Short for Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance, the app was launched in November 2017 and was developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with an objective to “make the government accessible on the mobile phone of our citizens.” Currently, about 660 services from 127 department and 25 states, including utility payments, are functional on the application.
Source: indiatimes.com
