{"id":238163,"date":"2020-10-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=238163"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T09:22:39","slug":"meity-issues-clarification-regarding-orders-passed-by-central-information-commission-on-an-rti-query-with-regard-to-aarogyasetu-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/29\/meity-issues-clarification-regarding-orders-passed-by-central-information-commission-on-an-rti-query-with-regard-to-aarogyasetu-app\/","title":{"rendered":"MEITY issues Clarification regarding orders passed by Central Information Commission on an RTI query with regard to AarogyaSetu App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attention has been drawn to media reports regarding orders passed by Central Information Commission regarding an RTI query with regard to AarogyaSetu App. As per the orders, of the CIC, CPIOs of MeitY, NeGD and NIC have been directed to appear on 24-11-2020. MeitY is taking necessary steps to comply with the orders of the CIC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With regard to the above, it is clarified that there should be no doubt with regard to the AarogyaSetu App and its role in helping contain COVID-19 Pandemic in India. As was announced through Press Releases and Social Media posts on 2-04-2020, AarogyaSetu App was launched by Government of India in public-private partnership mode to bring people of India together in its fight against COVID19. The AarogyaSetu App was developed in a record time of around 21 days, to respond to the exigencies of the Pandemic with Lockdown restrictions only for the objective of building a Made in India Contact Tracing App with the best of Indian minds from Industry, Academia and Government, working round the clock to build a robust, scalable and secure App. Since 2-04-2020, regular press releases and updates have been issued on AarogyaSetu App including making the source code available in Open-domain on 26-05-2020. The names of all those associated with the development of the App and management of the App ecosystem at various stages was shared when the code was released in Open\/Public Domain and the same was shared widely in media also.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The same can be accessed on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nic-delhi\/AarogyaSetu_Android\/blob\/master\/Contributors.md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/github.com\/nic-delhi\/AarogyaSetu_Android\/blob\/master\/Contributors.md<\/a>. On all such occasions, it has been clearly mentioned that the AarogyaSetu App has been developed by NIC in collaboration with volunteers from Industry and Academia. AarogyaSetu app has been developed in the most transparent manner and all details and documents including Privacy Policy and AarogyaSetu Data Access &amp; Knowledge Sharing Protocols issued on 11<sup>th<\/sup> May 2020 has been uploaded on the AarogyaSetu Portal \u2013 aarogyasetu.gov.in. The portal has all details about the App including those regarding How the App works, COVID updates and Why one should use AarogyaSetu. Regular updates about AarogyaSetu App have been shared on all Social media platforms as also Government portals. Several TV shows and media briefings also have shared complete details about the App, it&#8217;s development and how it is assisting the fight against COVID19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As has been mentioned earlier, the App has been developed in a collaborative effort of Government and Private Sector. The App has been downloaded by more than 16.23 Cr users and has greatly augmented the efforts of front line health workers in the fight against COVID-19. It has helped identify Bluetooth contacts of COVID positive users and issued alerts for helping people to stay safe. These Bluetooth contacts have been advised for caution, quarantine or testing depending on the extent of exposure to COVID-19 positive user. Amongst those who have been advised testing, almost 25% have tested positive. This is much higher compared to the overall positivity rate of 7-8%. Thus, the efficiency of testing has gone up with AarogyaSetu. In addition, AarogyaSetu ITIHAS interface with location data has helped identify emerging hotspots where proactive steps have been taken by Health authorities and administration in order to contain the spread of the Virus. Thus, AarogyaSetu has proved to be very useful in India\u2019s fight against COVID-19. Recently, WHO has also appreciated the role of AarogyaSetu in containing the pandemic in India.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Electronics &amp; IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Press Release dt. 28-10-2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention has been drawn to media reports regarding orders passed by Central Information Commission regarding an RTI query with regard to AarogyaSetu <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":238176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[41031,6211,39924,24754],"class_list":["post-238163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-aarogya-setu-app","tag-cic","tag-covid-19","tag-rti-application"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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Respondent replied CIC against the show-cause notice issued to him, wherein it was stated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/central_information_commission.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":239367,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/11\/19\/cic-third-party-information-in-light-of-s-11-of-rti-act-exemption-of-disclosure-of-information-read-commissions-view\/","url_meta":{"origin":238163,"position":5},"title":"CIC | Third Party-Information in light of S. 11 of RTI Act &#038; exemption of disclosure of information: Read Commission&#8217;s view","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Central Information Commission (CIC):\u00a0Neeraj Kumar Gupta (Information Commissioner) addressed the instant matter and highlighted the essence of provisions of Right To Information Act, 2005 in regard to third-party information. 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