The National Informatics Centre recently claimed that it did not create the Arogya Setu mobile application in reply to an RTI query.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT had earlier claimed that the Arogya Setu Application was launched by Government of India in Public-Private Partnership mode.
According to the ministry, the application was developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in association with a private firm.
NIC is responsible for handling Government websites.
Central Information Commission (CIC) has now issued a Show cause notice to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and National Informatics Centre.
Also, the CIC has asked the NIC to explain in writing on how Arogya Setu Application and its websites were created.
The Government of India had been encouraging the public at large scale to download the app before entering theatres, hotels and other public places.
At some of the Government offices, the application was made mandatory as well.
With the developer of the application unknown, there are possibilities of illegal data retrieval from the users of the applications. Thus, the concerns are being raised.
