Modi govt's Aarogya Setu app for Covid reaches key milestone faster than Facebook & others

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday announced that the Aarogya Setu app had garnered over 50 million users within a span of just 13 days. The increasing user base of Aarogya Setu is among the fastest globally, claimed Kant. Earlier, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address had deemed the use of Aarogya Setu app as one of the essential 7 steps for India to beat the Coronavirus, as he's been doing. 

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Aarogya Setu app clocks 50 million users

Announcing the development on Twitter, Amitabh Kant compared several other tools and their user reach of 50 million with the Aarogya Setu app. Apparently, the app developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) seems to be the fastest-growing among the users. 

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PM Modi on Aarogya Setu app 

On Thursday, PM Modi had urged users to download the 'Aarogya Setu' mobile application, saying it is a fantastic use of technology to combat coronavirus.

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Aarogya Setu app: Everything you need to know

The mobile application has been developed by the Government of India to connect essential health services with the people of India in the amid the raging COVID-19 crisis. The App is aimed at augmenting the initiatives of the Government of India, particularly the Department of Health, in proactively reaching out to and informing the users of the app regarding risks, best practices and relevant advisories pertaining to the containment of COVID-19.

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