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2020 Apps & WebPortals


Table of Contents
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – January .............................................................................................................................. 3
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – February ........................................................................................................................... 4
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – March ................................................................................................................................ 7
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – April................................................................................................................................... 9
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – May .................................................................................................................................. 12
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – June ................................................................................................................................. 15
Apps & Web Portals 2020 – July................................................................................................................................... 17

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Apps & Web Portals 2020 – January


APPS / WEB NAME LAUNCHED BY PURPOSE

Telangana Red Cross Shri Ram Nath President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind launched a mobile
Kovind, President app named “Telangana Red Cross” of the Red Cross Society
of India of India in Hyderabad, Telangana during the visit to the
southern parts of India including Telangana, Puducherry,
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu). The app was developed by the
Telangana Centre for Good Governance. Access to blood
bank and red Cross membership will be made easy through
this app. Click here

www.modnoc.ncog.gov.in Rajnath Singh, For undertaking aerial photography/remote sensing survey


Defence Minister with the final permission of Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) during an ocassion in New Delhi. This
Portal helps in reducing the MoD’s time in issuing NOC and
also speeds the developmental projects and will also ensure
expeditious disposal of applications for carrying out aerial
survey, besides bringing in more transparency and accuracy.
www.cybercrime.gov.in Amit Shah Union Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Indian Cyber
Home Minister Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in New Delhi and also
dedicated National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
(www.cybercrime.gov.in) to the Nation. The portal will help
the citizens to report cyber crimes online while I4C, built
with an outlay of Rs. 415.86 crore, will deal all types of Cyber
crimes. Click here
HousingForAll.com Ministry of To facilitate home buyers in identifying genuine properties
Housing and to bring transparency in the sector by offering only
certified projects. The portal is developed by National Real
Estate Development Council (NAREDCO). The online
platform is for the projects that have received occupancy
certificate (OCs).
SAIL SERVICE Minister of Launched a scheme under Steel Authority of India Limited
Petroleum and (SAIL), “SAIL Employee Rendering Voluntarism and
Natural Gas & Initiatives for Community Engagement (SAIL SERVICE)” to
Steel Shri promote and facilitate Voluntary Philanthropist Activities
Dharmendra (VPA) by the employees. The Minister also launched a
Pradhan dedicated interactive “SAIL SERVICE” portal for the
implementation of this Scheme. This portal acts as a
platform for enabling faster interaction and communication
amongst the various stakeholders.
Rojgar Sangi Bhupesh Baghel, An employment-oriented mobile app,‘Rojgar Sangi’
Chhattisgarh(CM) developed by state-run Chhattisgarh State Skill Development
Authority (CSSDA) at the ceremony of youth fest 2020 held
at Science College premises in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The app
is designed to provide employment to trained youths under
their skill development programme. The app will act as a
bridge between the employment-generating institutions or
individual and skill-trained youth.

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Very Good Morning Mrityunjay Singh The students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Banaras
and Priya Rai Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh have
developed a women security app ‘Very Good Morning’
(VGM) to reduce the crimes against women.By pressing the
mobile’s power button thrice the app sends the location of
the mobile number to the police emergency number. If the
mobile is stolen then the Picture and the location of the thief
will be sent to the emergency numbers when the person
tries to switch it off.
GATI Nitin Jairam Launched an online web portal ‘GATI’, on the pattern of
Gadkari, Minister portal 'PRAGATI', the portal used by the Prime Ministers'
for Road Officer (PMO) for monitoring projects, during the two-day
Transport and long review meeting of National Highways Authority
Highways (NHAI)-Ministry projects in Manesar, Haryana. GATI will
(MoRTH) be used to monitor around 500 projects of Rs 3 Lakh Crore.

V 3.0 Dr. Jitendra Launched the Bhuvan Panchayat Version V 3.0 web portal
Singh, Union in Antariksh Bhavan Bengaluru, Karnataka to support
Minister of State Gram Panchayat Development planning in the country. The
(Independent Minister also released the technical documents related to
Charge) Ministry SISDP (Space Based Information Support for Decentralised
of Development Planning Update)- Update Project.
of North Eastern
Region, MoS PMO
(Minister of State
for Prime
Minister’s Office),
Personnel, Public
Grievances and
Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space

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Star Rating of Coal Mines The Ministry of Coal The Ministry of Coal (MoC) launched a web portal
(MoC) “Star Rating of Coal Mines”, to promote green, safe and
sustainable mining practices. Union Minister of Coal &
Mines Shri Pralhad Joshi launched the web portal in
New Delhi, India. The web portal enables all
operational coal mining across India for self-rating and
Coal Controller’s Organization (CCO) will evaluate and
award star rating. Shri Anil kumar Jain, Coal Secretary
and Shri Vinod kumar Tiwar, Additional Secretary
were also present on the occasion.

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Yodhav Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala Chief Minister (CM) Pinarayi
Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan launched “Yodhav” (Warrior) mobile
(CM) app (application) at Kochi, Kerala, through which the
public can inform police about drug abuse & its
distribution. The application was introduced by the
Kochi city police and the informer’s identity could be
kept secret. The Kerala CM also inaugurated a modern
cyberdom cyber crime police station and unveiled the
model of a new complex for Kochi city police in Kochi,
Kerala.

Credai Awaas CREDAI (The CREDAI (The Confederation of Real Estate Developers
Confederation of Real Association of India) launched an ‘Credai Awaas’ app
Estate Developers (application) to connect homebuyers with its member
Association of India) developers to purchase properties. The app was
launched by Mohammad Akbar, Minister of
Transport, Housing & Environment, Forest & Law, in
Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The app will facilitate ease of
purchase of residential properties by homebuyers.

Himmat Plus app Delhi Police along Delhi Police along with Uber launched “Himmat Plus
with Uber app”, at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport,
New Delhi, to ensure safety and security of the people
travelling in cabs. The police headquarters will receive
the real time location of a driver or rider in case of
emergency through this app so that PCR (Police
Control Room) van can be assigned to provide
assistance.

HRMS (Human Resource Shri Vinod Kumar Through which all employees of Indian Railways can
Management Yadav, Chairman, view and access data related to their services. The app
System) Mobile Railway Board was designed and developed by CRIS (Centre for
application Railway Information System). The app allows
employees to view their historical data since the date
of joining in Railways. Apart from this, Indian
Railways announces the launch of joint research
initiatives and teaching programmes with
University of Birmingham at National Rail
Transportation Institute (NRTI).

SPICe+ Shri Injeti The SPICe+ web form(Simplified Proforma for


Srinivas, Secretary Incorporating Company Electronically Plus) that
of Ministry of replaces SPICe (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating
Corporate Company Electronically) form. It would offer 10
Affairs inaugurated services by 3 Central Govt Ministries &
by Departments (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Ministry
of Labour & Department of Revenue in the Ministry of
Finance) and One State Government (Maharashtra),
thereby saving as many procedures, time and cost for
Starting a Business in India and would be applicable for
all new company incorporations.

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Thirumathi Kart S. Sivarasu, Collector An e-commerce mobile application called “Thirumathi
of Tiruchi Kart” developed by National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchi (NIT-T) for promoting products developed
by self-help groups (SHG), was launched in Tiruchi,
Tamil Nadu (TN) by Collector of Tiruchi, S. Sivarasu in
the presence of Mini Shaji Thomas, Director, NIT-T, and
other officials at the inauguration ceremony of
‘Marketing strategies in the digital era: self-promotion
of SHG products through Thirumathi Kart’ programme.
The app has been developed under the project, ‘Design
and development of ICT-enabled cloud-based mobile
application for self-promotion of products developed
by SHG’ assisted by Department of Science and
Technology (DST).

Santusht Shri Santosh Kumar The Union Labour Minister Shri Santosh Kumar
Gangwar, The Union Gangwar on Employees State Insurance Corporation
Labour Minister (ESIC) foundation day announced about
launching “Santusht” mobile app for the benefit of ESI
beneficiaries & launched ESIC’s Special Service
Fortnight from February 24 to March 10. The minister
also renamed ESIC Hospital Basaidarapur, New Delhi to
Sahib Singh Verma ESIC Hospital and ESIC AYUSH
Hospital to Padma Vibhushan Brihaspati Dev Triguna
ESIC AYUSH Hospital.

First-of -its-kind Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Food Processing Industries (FPI) Minister
Union Food Harsimrat Kaur Badal Launched Market Intelligence &
Processing Industries Early Warning System (MIEWS) at Delhi. MIEWS portal
(FPI) Minister is a ‘First-of -its-kind’ platform that monitors the prices
of TOP Crops (Tomato, Onion & Potato) & generates
alert for timely market intervention under the terms
of Operation Greens(OG) scheme for price
stabilization during glut situations. Click here

Yard 45006 VAJRA Shri Mansukh 6th offshore patrol vessel (OPV) “Yard 45006
Laxmanbhai VAJRA” was launched to enhance coastal security. Shri
Mandaviya, Minister Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya, Minister of State for
of State for Shipping(I/C) and Chemicals & Fertilizers is the Chief
Shipping(I/C) Guest of the launching ceremony.The 6th vessel in the
and Chemicals & series of 7 OPV is designed & developed by Larsen &
Fertilizers is the Chief Toubro under the Center government’s
Guest of the launching initiative ‘Make in India’. It is used for day & night
ceremony surveillance along with anti-terrorist, anti-smuggling
operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Click
here

ICGS Varad Shri. Mansukh The Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) 98 meter
Mandaviya, the Union long 5th Offshore Patrol Vessel called “ICGS
Minister of State for Varad” was inducted into service by Shri. Mansukh
Shipping Mandaviya, the Union Minister of State for Shipping
(Independent Charge) (Independent Charge) and Union Minister of State for

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and Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertiliser at LOT Kattupalli shipyard,
State for Chemicals near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The vessel has been
and Fertiliser designed and built by the L&T (Larsen & Toubro
Limited). The minister Mandaviya commissioned the
vessel in the presence of Coast Guard Director General
K Natarajan, Chennai Port Trust chief P. Ravindran and
senior government officials. Click here

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Humsafar Shri Santosh Kumar Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State
Gangwar (MoS- Independent charge) for Labour & Employment,
launched ‘Humsafar’ mobile application in New Delhi,
which delivers diesel to doorstep of bulk users. The
diesel will be delivered within the period of 8 hours,
without wastage and spoilage of fuel. The benefits of
the diesel delivery service are live tracking of the
delivery vehicle, good quality & quantity of fuel
delivered, automated billing.

Incredible India Shri Prahlad Singh The Minister of State (MoS) for Tourism & Culture,
Patel Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has launched the
multilingual version of ‘Incredible India’ website and
mobile app in New Delhi with the aim to provide more
information about India’s tourist destinations,
attractions, experiences, and where the value lies. The
website was earlier hosted in only 2 languages
i.e. English & Hindi and now it has been launched in 3
new languages i.e. Chinese, Arabic and Spanish. Click
here

Sebi SCORES Securities and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the
Exchange Board of regulator for the securities market in India, has
India (SEBI) introduced a mobile app called ‘Sebi SCORES’ [Sebi
Complaints Redress System (SCORES)], through
which, investors can register their grievances. As per
Sebi guideline, within 30 days of receipt of complaint,
companies against whom complaints are lodged should
file an action taken report with the regulator. Click
here

www.gokaddal.com Digital Solutions World’s first Digital Solutions Exchange in cloud has
Exchange cloud been launched in India. www.gokaddal.com, a cloud
based solution exchange platform mainly focuses
on 4A’s – Automation, Artificial Intelligence,
Analytics and Augmentative Technologies. It is a
Dubai based emerging Technology company led

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by Ravinder Pal Singh (Digital Disrupter, Industry
Expert, Ex Cisco and Dell Executive) and it is a part of
the Mekado Group at Bangalore, Karnataka.

Cova Punjab Punjab Government Mobile application to spread awareness and


precautions to be taken against coronavirus. The
application was launched by Punjab Chief Secretary
Karan Avtar Singh. The application was developed by
the Department of Government Reforms and Public
Grievances in consultation with the Health & Family
Welfare Department. It provides options to check for
symptoms as provided by the government from time to
time and preventive care advisories.

NIGHA Yeduguri Sandinti Launched the NIGHA application at Tadepalli, Andhra


Jaganmohan Reddy Pradesh. The app is aimed at curbing the use of money
CM of Andhra Pradesh and alcohol in the upcoming local body elections &
launched in addition to the measures taken by State
Election Commission & Police department in order to
control the electoral malpractices. The app was
developed by Department of Panchayat Raj. Click here

Bhoomi Rashi The Ministry of Road Announced that the ‘Bhoomi Rashi’ portal (launched on
Transport and April 1, 2018) has significantly increased the process of
Highways (MoRTH) land acquisition for National Highways project. The
portal has made the process error-free & more
transparent with the notifications at every stage being
processed in real-time. The ‘Bhoomi Rashi’ portal is
fully digitized and automated to overcome the delays,
issues and to avoid parking of public funds with the
Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA). It
has been integrated with PFMS (Public Financial
Management System) for depositing the compensation
in the account of interested/ affected persons
immediately.

Customer Payment Portal HIL (India) Limited HIL (India) Limited, Central Public Sector Enterprise
partnered with Union (CPSE) under Department of Chemicals &
Bank of India Petrochemicals, partnered with Union Bank of India
launched Customer Payment Portal in New Delhi to
collect the payment from the customers through
various online modes for fast & smooth collection of
dues. It is introduced to speed up the Government’s
vision of ‘Digital India’.

Ministry of New and Raj Kumar Singh Raj Kumar Singh the Union minister for Power, New
Renewable Energy and Renewable Energy & Skill Development and
(MNRE) Entrepreneurship has launched a new website of
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The
website has additional portals such as ‘AkshayUrja
Portal’ & ‘India Renewable Idea Exchange’ (IRIX). The

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National Informatics Centre (NIC) server hosts the
website. Click here

MyGov Corona Government The government launched MyGov Corona Helpdesk on


WhatsApp to create awareness among citizens about
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The official
Whatsapp chatbot can also be used to resolve queries
in relation to COVID-19 using the number
9013151515.

www.covid19-sdmc.org SAARC Disaster The SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional
Management Centre Cooperation) Disaster Management Centre launched a
website [www.covid19-sdmc.org] for information
related to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the region as
announced by the Indian Prime Minister (PM) Shri
Narendra Modi during the recent video conference
with SAARC leaders.

“Corontine” and “Safe” IIT (Indian Institute of Developed 2 mobile applications called “Corontine”
Technology)-Bombay and “Safe”, that can track violations by people
(Department of CSE) supposed to be in quarantine. The proposals of both
apps have been sent to officials in the Ministry of
Human Resource and Department, Niti Aayog, the
Maharashtra government and the BMC (Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation). Click here

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Stranded in India Ministry of Tourism As a support network to help foreign tourists who
are stuck in various parts of India through the web
address strandedinindia.com. The portal consists of
information about Covid-19 helpline numbers and
call centres that foreign tourists can reach out for
help, information around Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA) control centers along with their contact
information and information around state-
based/regional tourism support infrastructure.

Corona Kavach Government of India Coronavirus risk-tracking Application (app) called


“Corona Kavach”. The app was jointly developed by
the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY) & the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The app uses a
person’s location to assess whether they are in the
high-risk geographical zone or not.

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Aarogya Setu (A bridge of Government of India 1st comprehensive coronavirus (COVID-19) tracking
health) app called ‘Aarogya Setu (A bridge of health)’ to
connect health services with the people to fight the
novel coronavirus outbreak. The app has been
developed by the National Informatics Center (NIC)
in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY) & it is available in
11 launguages.

Geo-fencing The government has tested an application named,


“Geo-fencing” to trigger emails and SMS alerts to an
authorised government agency, if a person has
jumped quarantine or has escaped from isolation,
based on the person’s mobile phone’s cell tower
location. Also, Maharashtra government has launched
similar kind of app named MahaKavach to track
suspected covid-19 cases & Gujarat government has
- launched a Geographic Information System (GIS)-
based app which will monitor the movement of those
in quarantine.
Click here
(AICTE) COVID-19 Student Ramesh Pokhriyal Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ the Union Minister of
Helpline ‘Nishank’ Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched a
unique MHRD All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) COVID-19 Student Helpline Portal
to address the difficulties faced by students due to
closure of colleges & hostels since the national
lockdown (March 25). The website was launched
with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
https://helpline.aicte-india.org
Electronic- National PM Modi Agriculture online trading portal Electronic- National
Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Agriculture Market (e-NAM), completed 4 years of
implementation (launched by PM Modi on April 14,
2016). The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium
(SFAC) is the leading agency to implement it, under
the assistance of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare of the Government of India. Click
here
COVID- 19 Monitoring Developed by startup Telangana’s Public Health and Family Welfare
System Application Vera Smart Department of the government (govt) has deployed
Healthcare India’s first automated “COVID- 19 Monitoring
System Application”. The application (app) was
developed by startup Vera Smart Healthcare. The
objective of this app is to identify patients, undertake
live surveillance, track, monitor and to provide real-
time analytics to the Chief Minister and state health
department.
DIKSHA platform Department of The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
Personnel and under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Training (DoPT) Pensions has launched 1st of its kind Integrated

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Government Online Training (iGOT) e- learning
portal on Ministry of Human Resource
Development’s (MHRD) Digital Infrastructure for
Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform to enhance
capacity building of front-line workers to effectively
manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swachhata-MoHUA Released by Ministry A revised version of the current Swachhata-MoHUA
of Housing and App, a famous grievance redressal platform for
Urban Affairs people under the ambit of the Swachh Bharat Mission
(MoHUA) –Urban (SBM-U). The updated version will enable
people to better get their COVID-19 related
complaints also redressed by their respective ULBs
(Urban Local Bodies).

YUKTI Ramesh Pokhriyal Union Minister for Ministry of Human Resource


Development (MHRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”
has launched a web-portal named ‘Young India
Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and
Innovation’ (YUKTI) in New Delhi that will monitor
and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD. Its
objective is to keep a high-quality learning
environment for the academic community during this
COVID-19 threat.
Zoom Cyber Coordination The Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord), under the
Centre (CyCord) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has issued an
advisory to safeguard private individuals who use
the video-conferencing app “Zoom” for private
purposes like a meeting platform & states that it is
not for use by government officers/officials for
official purposes.
Aarogya Setu Developed by The National Institution for Transforming India
National Infomatics (NITI) Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh
Centre (NIC) Kant stated that Centre’s mobile app, Aarogya Setu,
which was developed by National Infomatics Centre
(NIC) under Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY) for tracking COVID-19 patients,
has become the world’s fastest app to reach 50
million (5 crore) downloads in just 13 days. The App
is available in 11 languages.

Kisan Rath Narendra Singh The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers
Tomar Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, has launched farmer
friendly mobile application named ‘Kisan Rath’ with
tagline “Kisan ka apna Vahan” to facilitate the
movement of crops. The app has been developed by
the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and will
connect 5 lakh trucks & 20,000 tractors for
transporting farm produce.
SAHYOG The mobile application SAHYOG and the web portal
(https://indiamaps.gov.in/soiapp/) prepared and
managed by Survey of India (SOI), under Department

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of Science and Technology (DST) will complement
the “AAROGYA-SETU” mobile application launched
by the Government of India for contact tracing, public
- awareness & self-assessment objectives. Click here

https://covidwarriors.gov.in. Union government The Union government created & launched an online
data pool on https://covidwarriors.gov.in. of
operational healthcare professionals and volunteers
for ground level administration at state, district or
municipal levels along with contact details of the
nodal officers so as to combat & contain COVID-19.
COVID India Seva Dr Harsh Vardhan Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Health &
Family Welfare has launched the ‘COVID India Seva’,
a Twitter handle (@CovidIndiaSeva) for citizen
engagement on the COVID-19. The aim of this
initiative is to enable real-time e-governance delivery
and answer citizen queries. The platform is a multi-
lingual platform, where Hindi is used as the second
most language after English.
Saiyam The Pune Municipal Corporation, the civic body that
governs Pune City, Maharashtra has developed a
mobile application called ‘Saiyam’ under the Smart
City Mission (SCM) to ensure effective monitoring of
home quarantine citizens, who have recently returned
- from international trips and those discharged after
treatment for COVID-19.
e-Gram swaraj Portal & Narendra Modi On the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day on
Mobile app 24th of April 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
launched the Swamitva Scheme and integrated e-
Gram swaraj Portal & Mobile app for accelerating the
pace of development in India’s villages. Click here
‘e-karyalay’ or ‘e-office’ Central Industrial Application to enable the movement of files and
Security Force (CISF) documents without physical touch so as to prevent
coronavirus infection. It is designed by its in-house
technical team for the usage of the 1.62 lakhs
personnel & it resembles each and every function of
traditional file movement.

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Janaushadhi Sugam Developed by the More than 325000 users are benefited by the
Bureau of Pharma “Janaushadhi Sugam” a mobile application
PSUs of India (BPPI) developed by the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India
(BPPI) under the Department of Pharmaceuticals,
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers for the
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
(PMBJP). Click here

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MSME Bank of Ideas, Innovation Nitin Gadkari, the MSME Bank of Ideas, Innovation and Research
and Research Union Minister of portal (http://ideas.msme.gov.in/) through Video
(http://ideas.msme.gov.in/) Road transport & Conference from Nagpur, Maharashtra. He also
Highways (MoRTH) launched ‘Ayush Entrepreneurship Development
and Ministry of Program’ jointly organized by the Ministry of
Micro Small & AYUSH & Ministry of MSME for promoting the
Medium Enterprises AYUSH sector in India.
(MSME)
Shipmin.gov.in Ministry of Shipping The Ministry of Shipping has launched its
reconstructed website (shipmin.gov.in), which is
based on open source technology and is deployed
on the National Informatics Centre (NIC) cloud
Meghraj. Click here
Kisan Sabha CSIR The New Delhi Based Central Road Research
Institute (CRRI), a CSIR lab, has come up with an
app called Kisan Sabha to resolve the problems
related to the agricultural supply chain. The
primary objective of Kisan Sabha is to connect
farmers to supply chain and freight transportation
management system.
‘Bharatmarket’ Confederation of All Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the
(www.bharatemarket.in) India Traders leading advocate for small traders and businesses
(CAIT) in India, in association with several technology
partners, will soon launch a national e-commerce
marketplace ‘bharatmarket’
(www.bharatemarket.in) for all retail traders in
India. CAIT has pledged to connect 95% of India’s
retail business in this marketplace with the initial
collaboration of DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry to implement the Prime Minister’s vision
of Digital India and Digital Payments.
“Paisa Bolega” and “BharatPe BharatPe The BharatPe, a Merchant payment and a leading
Balance” network provider launched two voice-based
applications named “Paisa Bolega” and “BharatPe
Balance” for the account holders to access
transactions and balance using without touching
the phones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aarogya Setu Mitr Private-public A new private-public partnership (PPP) initiative
partnership (PPP) called Aarogya Setu Mitr, available on the
Aarogaya Setu app, will offer free online COVID-
19-related consultation from the Tata Group, Tech
Mahindra and Swasth, which is a collaboration of
other related entities. Aarogya Setu Mitr will be a
separate site and won’t be able to access
individual data from Aarogya Setu. The three
private companies listed for free tele-consultation
are Swasth, Tata Bridgital Health, which is a
healthcare initiative of the Tata Group, and
Connectsense Telehealth, a platform from Tech
Mahindra.

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The Saras Collection Narendra Singh Union Minister for Rural Development and
Tomar Panchayati Raj, Narendra Singh Tomar, launched
“The Saras Collection” on the Government e
Marketplace (GeM) portal to showcase daily utility
products made by rural self-help groups (SHGs).
The Saras Collection is an initiative of GeM and the
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural
Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). Click here
https://garud.civilaviation.gov.in The Ministry of Civil The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and
Aviation (MoCA) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
and Directorate launched Government Authorisation for Relief
General of Civil Using Drones (GARUD) portal
Aviation (DGCA) (https://garud.civilaviation.gov.in) to provide fast
track conditional exemptions to government
agencies for COVID-19 related RPAS (Remotely
Piloted Aircraft System)/drone operations. The
portal was designed & developed and launched by
Vikram Singh, Senior System Analyst, National
Informatics Centre (NIC).
Ayush Sanjivani application Harsh Vardhan, Union Health & Family Welfare Minister, Harsh
Shripad Yesso Naik Vardhan and Minister of State for Ayurveda, Yoga
& Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy
(AYUSH), Shripad Yesso Naik jointly launched
Ayush Sanjivani application (app) & clinical
research studies on Ayurveda interventions as an
addition to standard care to COVID 19 situation.
Click here
CHAMPIONS Micro, Small and The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
Medium Enterprises ministry has launched CHAMPIONS (Creation and
(MSME) ministry Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for
Increasing the Output and National Strength)
portal, a Technology-driven control room-cum-
Management Information System. The objective of
the portal is to assist Indian MSME’s to become
National and Global CHAMPIONS in the big league.
The system utilises modern Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) tools.
SAMARTH Developed by The The Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Human has developed an e-Governance platform named,
Resource SAMARTH Enterprises Resource Planning (ERP)
Development under National Mission of Education in
Information and Communication Technology
Scheme (NMEICT) to provide quality education to
students across all Universities & Higher
Education Institutes (HEIs), which is the mission
of Department of Higher Education.
National Test Abhyas Ramesh Pokhriyal Union Human Resource Development Minister
Nishank Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched an Artificial
Intelligence (AI)-powered mobile app called the

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‘National Test Abhyas’. The app is developed by
National Testing Agency (NTA)
IGNOU’S (Indira Gandhi National Ramesh Pokhriyal Union HRD (Human Resource Development
Open University) Nishank Minister) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
launched IGNOU’S (Indira Gandhi National Open
University) Online Programme for Master of Arts
(MA) in Hindi. The main objective of Bharat Padhe
or India Padhe online is to promote online
education for Crowdsourcing of Ideas.
UMANG App Ministry of The Ministry of Electronics and Information
Electronics and Technology (MeitY) has launched seven services
Information of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on the
Technology (MeitY) Unified Mobile Application for New-age
Governance (UMANG) App to further enhance the
online delivery of Government services. The seven
services are Current Weather, Nowcast, City
Forecast, Rainfall Information, Tourism Forecast,
Warnings, Cyclone. UMANG was launched in 2017
by PM Modi, its aim is to make the government
accessible on the mobile phone of citizens.

Apps & Web Portals 2020 – June


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NCS portal Union Ministry of Offers free online career skills training through
Labour and the National Career Service (NCS) project to
Employment enhance the corporate etiquette, interpersonal
partnered with TCS skills, presentation skills and other softs skills of
iON the job-seekers. NCS partnered with HireMee
(online assessment and hiring service provider) to
offer creation of video profiles for job-seekers.
Responsible AI for Youth Ravi Shankar Prasad Union Minister for Electronics and Information
Technology (IT), Ravi Shankar Prasad launched
India’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Portal &
National Program for the youth named
“Responsible AI for Youth” during the occasion of
the 1st anniversary of the second tenure of the
government. The portal was developed jointly by
the National e-Governance Division of Ministry of
Electronics and IT and NASSCOM from the IT
industry.
SwissCovid Swiss The developers at Swiss based EPFL & ETH Zurich
has developed the “SwissCovid”, first of its kind
for digital contact tracing app utilizing the
Exposure Notification API (Application
Programming Interface) of Apple and Google and
based on a decentralized approach to track the
spread of COVID-19. Latvia also developed a

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similar app “Apturi Covid” based on the Exposure
Notification API.
CHAMPIONS Narendra Modi PM Narendra Modi has launched CHAMPIONS
(PM) (Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern
Processes for Increasing the Output and National
Strength) to help the smaller MSMEs (Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises) by resolving their
grievances and the complaints received on the
portal will also be redressed within the prescribed
limit. The CHAMPIONS has been linked to
CPGRAMS (Centralized Public Grievance Redress
and Monitoring System) of the Government of
India.
Aarogyapath Ministry of Health Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has
and Family Welfare launched a National Healthcare Supply Chain
Portal ‘Aarogyapath’ to provide real-time
availability of critical healthcare supplies with the
involvement of manufacturers, suppliers and
customers. The portal, developed by CSIR team led
by Anjan Ray Director of Dehradun based CSIR-
IIP.
e-Office M. Ajit Kumar Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs (CBIC), launched the ‘e-Office’
application in over 500 Central Goods and
Services Tax (CGST) and customs offices across
India at New Delhi. The e-Office is a Mission Mode
Project (MMP) under the e-Governance of India. e-
Office has been developed by the National
Informatics Centre (NIC), and supported by the
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public
Grievances (DARPG).
SATYABHAMA Pralhad Joshi Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for Mines has
launched SATYABHAMA (Science and Technology
Yojana for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Mining
Advancement) Portal, developed by National
Informatics Centre (NIC), Mines Informatics
Division. The Portal, integrated with NGO Darpan
Portal of NITI Aayog, will promote research and
development in the mining and minerals sector.
eBloodServices Harsh Vardhan Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has
launched ‘eBloodServices ‘mobile app developed
by the ERaktkosh team of C-DAC (Development of
Advanced Computing) India for easy access to
blood needed for transfusion. The mobile app is an
initiative of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)
with the aim of ‘Safe blood saves lives.’
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan Narendra Singh Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Rural
(GKRA) Tomar Development launched a web portal of the Garib
Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (GKRA) through video
conferencing from New Delhi. The GKRA was

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launched with coordination of 12 ministries for 25
categories of works to be completed in 125 days
and allotted with Rs 50,000 crore & Rural
development ministry is the nodal ministry for the
implementation of GKRA.

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Udyam Registration Released by Nitin Minister of Micro, Small and Medium
Jairam Gadkari Enterprises (MSME) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
released the consolidated notification in the
form of guidelines for classification and
registration of MSMEs, which are facing
several challenges due to the COVID-19
impact. The new process of Classification
and Registration of MSMEs will be known as
‘Udyam Registration’. As per the notification,
enterprise will be called in the name of
‘Udyam’. Click here
www.acceleratevigyan.gov.in Union The ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ (AV) scheme for
Government’s research internships, was launched by the
Science and Union Government’s Science and
Engineering Engineering Research Board (SERB) to
Research Board encourage high-end scientific research and
(SERB) prepare scientific manpower which leads to
research careers and knowledge-based
economy. The application was called under
ABHYAAS scheme.
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Shri Narendra The ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation
Challenge Modi, Prime Challenge’ for Indian tech entrepreneurs and
Minister start-ups was launched by Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi, with an objective to
support and build Aatmanirbhar App
Ecosystem. Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology (Meity) in
partnership with Atal Innovation Mission
(AIM) launched the challenge & will regulate
the challenge.
e-Kisaan Dhan HDFC Bank HDFC Bank has launched ‘e-Kisaan Dhan’
App for Farmers in India. This app provides
information and knowledge to farmers
which will help them to meet the needs of
the rural ecosystem. With this app, farmers
can access a bouquet of services in banking
and agriculture, through their mobile
phones.

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https://ncog.gov.in/modnoc/home.html Rajnath Singh Defence minister Rajnath Singh launches an
online Portal for issue of No Objection
Certificate (NOC) for power projects and
Research, Survey, Exploration and
Exploitation (RSEE) and activities in the
Indian Territorial Waters (TW) and
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The
Ministry has developed the online
application portal with the assistance of
National e-Governance Division (NeGD),
Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space
Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG)
and National Informatics Centre (NIC), to
ensure transparency in issuing NOC.
NADA INDIA Kiren Rijiju The first mobile app of National Anti-Doping
Agency (NADA), “NADA INDIA” was released
by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. The initiative
is an important step towards dope free
sports, providing updates & information
about the banned substances and their use to
aware the athletes & Coaches.
(http://pmsvanidhi.mohua.gov.in/) Durga Shanker Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary of Housing
Mishra & Urban Affairs has rolled out the Beta
version web portal for street vendors loan
scheme Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors’
AtmaNirbhar Nidhi –PMSVANidhi
(http://pmsvanidhi.mohua.gov.in/)
developed by SIDBI (Small Industries
Development Bank of India) to provide end-
to-end solutions for scheme management.
Elyments Venkaiah Naidu Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu
launched India’s first social media super
application ‘Elyments’ virtually on 5th July
2020. The app was developed by Sumeru
Software Solutions & provides free
audio/video calls, and private/ group chats
through vibrant feed.
Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee- Mahendra Nath Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of
Employer Mapping (ASEEM) Pandey Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(MoSDE) launched the Aatamanirbhar
Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping
(ASEEM) portal, to improve the information
flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in
the skilled workforce market to help skilled
people find sustainable livelihood
opportunities. ASEEM is developed and
managed by National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with
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ATL App Development Module NITI (National NITI (National Institution for Transforming
Institution for India) Aayog has launched pan India “ATL
Transforming App Development Module”, a free online
India) Aayog course for school students and teachers on
the lines of the Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi’s vision of AtmaNirbhar
Bharat. The module was developed by NITI
Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and
Indian startup, Plezmo. The hashtag or
campaign for this state of the art platform is
“#TinkerfromHome”.
PM SVANidhi Durga Shanker A mobile Application of Prime Minister
Mishra, Secretary, Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM
Ministry of SVANidhi) was virtually launched by Durga
Housing and Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of
Urban Affairs Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) from
(MoHUA) New Delhi. The aim of the app is to ease the
sourcing and processing of loan applications
of street vendors under the Scheme by
providing user friendly digital interface.
ASPIRE International Automotive technology e-portal, Automotive
Centre of Solutions Portal for Industry, Research and
Automotive Education (ASPIRE). The key objective of this
Technology portal is to enhance the technological
(ICAT) capability of Indian automotive sector
through exchange of knowledge & expertise.
It was launched to facilitate the initiative of
the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI),
Govt. of India to promote, R&D and product
development in India for various sectors.
KURMA (ITCAN) in Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of
collaboration Environment, Forest and Climate Change and
with the Turtle Information & Broadcasting hailed KURMA, a
Survival Alliance mobile based application contributing
– India and towards conservation of Indian turtles, as a
Wildlife unique tool for tracking and reporting Indian
Conservation turtles and tortoises. The application was
Society developed by Indian Turtle Conservation
Action Network (ITCAN) in collaboration
with the Turtle Survival Alliance – India and
Wildlife Conservation Society – India.
www.pmawards.gov.in Jitendra Singh Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Prime
Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space launched the restructured scheme for
PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public
Administration 2020 and the web portal
(www.pmawards.gov.in) through video
conference. Purpose of restructuring the
award is to recognize the performance of

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District Collectors towards economic
development of the District.
Mausam Harsh Vardhan In the event of 14th Foundation day of the
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) On 27th
July 2020, Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of
Earth Sciences launched the mobile app
“Mausam” designed and developed by the
International Crops Research Institute for
the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)’s Digital
Agriculture & Youth (DAY) team, Indian
Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM),
Pune and India Meteorological Department
(IMD). Click here
BIS-Care Ram Vilas Paswan Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food &
Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan
launched the Bureau of Indian Standard
(BIS)’s Mobile App, ‘BIS-Care’, by which
consumers can check the authenticity of the
ISI and hallmarked products and also lodge
complaints. In addition to this, he also
launched 3 portals of e-BIS on
Standardisation, Conformity assessment and
Training Portals on www.manakonline.in for
consumers.

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