Shri Virbhadra Singh, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh launched the Shimla Municipal Corporation’s Android Mobile Application on 20th of September, 2016. On the occasion, Shri Virbhadra Singh said that the Mobile App will open the channels of communication between the Municipal Corporation and the citizens and help them in their interactions related to water, garbage, street lights and planning permissions. He lauded the efforts of the Municipal Corporation, Shimla and National Informatics Centre and directed the corporation to provide more citizen centric services through online platforms. Smt. Manisha Nanda, Additional Chief Secretary (Urban Development), GoHP, Shri T.G. Negi, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister, Shri Sanjay Chauhan, Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Shimla, Councillors of the MC, Shimla and Shri Pankaj Rai, Commissioner, MC Shimla were present at the event. A presentation on the various features, interfaces and operation of the mobile application was given by Shri Ajay Singh Chahal, State Informatics Officer, NIC Himachal Pradesh. The mobile App is available on the official portal of Himachal Pradesh Government (http://himachal.nic.in), NIC’s national Mobile App Store (http://egovmobileapps.nic.in/) and the Google Play Store besides the Municipal Corporation, Shimla’s official website (http://shimlamc.org). The app is bilingual (Hindi & English) and provides offline informative content to users in addition to the online interactive features. The Shimla MC App has been designed and developed by NIC Himachal Pradesh, which is one of the four competency centres for mobile App development of NIC in the country.