Move over Alexa and Siri, Hey Umang to deliver govt services through voice commands soon
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These kinds of queries will soon be answered via voice-based commands on the government’s master app platform Umang.
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What is the status of my passport renewal? What is the balance in my PF account? Where is B+ blood group available? How to link Aadhaar and PAN card?
These kinds of queries will soon be answered via voice-based commands on the government’s master app platform Umang.
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Senseforth AI Research Pvt Ltd has been chosen to enable such functionality for over 100 services on the platform.
EPFO started crediting 8.5 per cent interest on EPF for 2019-20 for its over six crore members.
Provident Fund (PF) Balance: Recently, retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) announced that it has started crediting 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees provident fund (EPF) for 2019-20 for its over six crore members. Now account holders can see their updated EPF accounts with credit of 8.5 per cent rate of interest for 2019-20. According to the EPF website - epfindia.gov.in, in an EPF account, an employee contributes 12 per cent of his or her salary towards the account, and an equal amount is contributed by the employer. EPFO is the nodal body of EPF and allows subscribers to view the EPF passbook online through its website. EFPO also provides the balance information via missed call facility and SMS service. (
Here s how you can check, download through UMANG app PF details
With the help of SMS, Missed Call, Umang App, and EPFO official website, you can check the balance of your PF account. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had developed the UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) mobile app. January 13, 2021 / 09:16 AM IST
The government established a savings scheme for employees of the organised sector is known as the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), popularly known as PF. EPFO, the retirement fund body every year declares the interest rate.
With the help of SMS, Missed Call, Umang App, and EPFO official website, you can check the balance of your PF account. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had developed the UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) mobile app.
Indian government launches public services chatbot tender
By Adam Branson on 06/01/2021
With mobile phone ownership rising fast, the Indian government aims to use AI to boost access to digital services. Credit: Adam Cohn/Flickr
The Indian government is seeking tech firms to build an AI-powered chatbot to help citizens access digital services, issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) last week.
According to
The Times of India, the RFP – published by the National E-Governance Division of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday – envisages an app akin to Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri.
The idea is to create an app that can converse with “the public in multiple languages, analyse sentiments and intent, collect and analyse data to give personalised experience to users”, according to the paper.
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