{"id":91835,"date":"2021-03-02T15:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T09:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=91835"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T09:55:22","slug":"sugamya-bharat-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sugamya-bharat-app\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSugamya Bharat App\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Union Minister for Social justice and Empowerment is going to virtually launch the \u201cSugamya Bharat App\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Sugamya Bharat App:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a mobile application developed to sensitise and enhance accessibility within the 3 pillars of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/most-public-buses-are-not-accessible-to-pwds\/\"><strong>Accessible India Campaign<\/strong><\/a>. These pillars namely- the transportation sector, building an accessible environment and the ICT ecosystem in India.<\/p>\n<p>The app will <strong>aid the Accessible India Campaign<\/strong> towards making a barrier-free and conducive environment for Divyangjans (Persons with Disabilities \u2013 PwDs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features of the Sugamya Bharat App: <\/strong>The app provides five main features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The four features are directly related to enhancing accessibility. These accessibility-related features are:\n<ol>\n<li>Registration of complaints of inaccessibility with easy photo uploads and geotagging<\/li>\n<li>Positive feedback of examples and best practices worth emulating being shared by people as jan-bhagidhari (People&#8217;s participation)<\/li>\n<li>Departmental updates<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines and circulars related to accessibility.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>The fifth is a special feature meant<strong> only for Divyangjan for COVID related issues<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Features of the Sugamya Bharat App:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The app is available in 10 regional languages.<\/li>\n<li>The app is simple to use with an easy registration process. The Sugamya Bharat App will require only 3 mandatory fields such as Name, Mobile number and Email-id.<\/li>\n<li>The App also contains many user-friendly features. For example, easy drop-down menus, videos in Hindi and English, sign language interpretation etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1701647\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eKKYfuUEGJ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/privacy-issues-in-government-backed-apps\/\">Privacy Issues in government backed Apps<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Privacy Issues in government backed Apps&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/privacy-issues-in-government-backed-apps\/embed\/#?secret=8mXKNXeE7B#?secret=eKKYfuUEGJ\" data-secret=\"eKKYfuUEGJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? 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