Develop AI solution to help UMANG app reach India’s remote corners: IT Minister

NEW DELHI: Information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that artificial intelligence (AI) must be used to develop a voice-based solution, such that Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance or the UMANG app is able to reach people living even in the remote corners of the country.

“…(this will help) the people of India who are not very comfortable with the digital language are able to give commands,” Prasad said.

“Digital India must lead to digital inclusion; it must bridge the digital divide. This must be achieved by technology, which is home grown and also inclusive. This was concretized when the Prime Minister had told me that I want governance to be available on the palm of every Indian,” information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while marking the occasion of three years of UMANG.