MobileOne was awarded in the "comprehensive application class."

The Karnataka government’s mobile governance service has won the best m-government service award at the first World Government Summit in Dubai.

The much acclaimed Karnataka MobileOne, which integrates 4,187 services, both government and private, into one app, was launched in December 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.

According to an official release of the World Government Summit, MobileOne was awarded in the “comprehensive application class.”

The award citation said the application “combines the services provided by several states and central government departments, in addition to the services provided by the private sector.” It pointed out that through the app one can pay “electricity and water bills for service, pay income and property taxes, and scaffolding services, and reservation service bus and rail tickets. In addition to applying for government services and various special services in the areas of health care, and the banking sector, travel, law, agriculture and other fields.”

The awarded was received on Wednesday by Srivatsa Krishna, IAS Secretary E-Governance, Karnataka and Neeta Bhushan, acting Ambassador of India to UAE.

The selection was done through online voting and jury deliberations comprising of global experts from the United Nations, World Economic Forum, World Bank and other institutions.