Indians should be proud of ‘safest app’ Aarogya Setu, says MyGov CEO

Pushing back against the steady hum of privacy concerns from critics of India’s Aarogya Setu contact tracing app, MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh emphatically defended the app as the safest across all mobile apps that Indians currently use and a digital public good that Indians should be “proud” of.

MyGov developed the Aarogya Setu app and launched it in April.

“There is no other app that anyone in India is using today that has greater privacy features than what Aarogya Setu has”, he told IANS in a video interview Tuesday.

“Critics will be there, we welcome them. Sometimes what they say makes us strive harder and ensure(s) that what we do is in the best interests of the people of India.”