India's Umang App was named winner of the Best M-Government Service Award in the Accessible Government category while Aadhar won the best emerging technology award at the recently concluded World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai, where India had the status of 'Guest of Honour' country. <br/><br/>The Summit acknowledged technology pioneers for providing global solutions to global challenges.<br/>The Aadhaar project was recognized as the world's largest biometric enabled identification programme which provides access to service income tax, passport services, bank accounts, social services benefits aimed at providing 1.2 billion citizens unique identification card with fingerprint, eye-print and other vital data. <br/><br/>The initiative has been achieved through the role played by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.<br/>The award recognized the efforts of the Government of India's invention and innovation in the field of technology and making the country completely digitalized. Apart from Aadhaar, India also won another award for Umang App. <br/><br/>The mobile application provides users a unified platform that combines government departments and services, facilitating transactions for citizens. The award acknowledged Government of India's efforts to provide convenient services to its citizens. <br/><br/>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of UAE Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented the Best m-Government Service Awards at the Summit.<br/><br/>The Summit ended on Tuesday where all global delegates and speakers gathered to attend the event including heads of governments and representatives of 16 international organizations. <br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the inaugural address at the 6th edition of the World Government Summit. More than 140 countries participated in the event. Mr Modi spoke on "Technology and Governance", a subject close to his heart.