The RTI application seeks details pertaining to creation of the government’s contract tracing app Aarogya Setu.

‘The heads of departments may advise individuals to install Aarogya Setu and regularly update their health status on the app,’ JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar said.

In response to an RTI query, the National Informatics Centre claimed that it didn't know who created the Arogya Setu app.

The Home Ministry in its guidelines made the Aarogya Setu App mandatory for employees of private and public sector offices while the railways made it mandatory for travel.

While the guidelines issued by the railways for the 15 pairs of special trains running between Delhi and major cities of the country did not say installing the mobile app was mandatory, a late night (12:24 am) tweet by the railway ministry made it compulsory.

Given the nature of data being collected, the scale on which the app is being operationalised, and the possibility of the data mine that comes out of such an initiative, it is important to take a closer look at the relevant legal framework, writes, Joysheel Shrivastava

Despite allegations about app's weak security features, making it vulnerable to hacking, the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which developed the application, has assured the users of complete safety. Software expert, however, disagree.

On Tuesday, a French hacker and cyber security expert Elliot Alderson had claimed that 'a security issue has been found' in the app and that 'privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake'.

Aarogya Setu is a mobile application developed by the central government to connect essential health services with the people over the fight against COVID-19.