People will be able to access public services using their mobile phones following notification of mobile governance framework by the government.

This will include applying and making payment for various government services like ration cards, driving licences and obtaining certificates, among others.

"...the Government of India has decided to also provision for access of public services through mobile devices, thereby establishing mobile Governance (mGovernance) as a new paradigm within the ethos of eGovernance," the government notification said.

There are various provisions in the framework like creating application store and integrated payment gateway to enable users to access and pay for the public services through mobile phones.

"A mobile applications (m-apps) store will be created to facilitate the process of development and deployment of suitable applications for delivery of public services through mobile devices," the framework issued by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) had said.

The store will be integrated into the Mobile Services Delivery Gateway (MSDG) - the core infrastructure for delivery of public services-- that will be created by an agency within the DIT.

It will have provision to connect with private value added services providers for creation of various mobile applications.

As per framework, MSDG will use unique identity number Aadhaar-based authentication system for transactions.

The framework also proposes to create Mobile Governance Innovation Fund to accelerate the development and deployment of the mobile applications across the entire spectrum of public services.

It also proposed to make all government websites compliant with mobile devices to enable users access the same information and services (to the extent possible) as are available over the Internet through computers.