Aarogya Setu: Govt Has No Clue On Who Created The App, Where Data Being Stored

by M. Nuruddin Oct 28, 2020 • 06:39 PM Views 3032

In a shocking development, the National Informatics Centre, the nodal agency behind the creation of India’s coronavirus tracking app, Aarogya Setu, said in an RTI reply that it doesn’t have any clue on who exactly created the app or where the users’ data is being stored. The revelation comes after the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) at the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the National E-governance Division (NeGD), and the Ministry of Electronics & Informational Technology (MeitY) for providing an “evasive reply” to an RTI application filed by Saurav Das