Aarogya Setu World’s Most Downloaded Healthcare Application In April: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

NITI Aayog's chief executive officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant on Friday (8 May) said that Government's Covid-19 tracking mobile application ‘Aarogya Setu’ has become the world's most downloaded healthcare application, reports Economic Times.

As of 4 May, the application had already been downloaded by close to nine crore users, even as the adoption and usage of the application continue to surge. To further bolster the usage of the application in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, the government has made it mandatory for public and private sector employees.

The application has been developed by a committee set up by PM's Office with involvement from NITI Aayog and the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.