Aarogya Setu app mandatory for air

Aarogya Setu app mandatory for air, train travel and more

E-passes and utilisation of Aarogya Setu in travel is a step in that direction. The coming weeks would shed further light on how important Aarogya Setu is going to be for the average Indian in the era beyond COVID-19.

On Friday, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) released some guidelines for post lockdown air travel, asking all passengers to compulsorily download the Aarogya Setu app to be eligible to fly. This move adds flight passengers to the ever-increasing list of Indians for whom downloading the Aarogya Setu app has been made mandatory by the Union Government. As of today, the list of sectors and citizens for whom having the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile phones is as essential as carrying an identity proof, are as follows:

–Government employees were the first professionals for whom downloading the Aarogya Setu app was made compulsory, back in April. All government officials who were visiting their offices for work, such as Health, Defence, Police, Family Welfare, NIC, FCI etc, were strictly mandated to have the Aarogya Setu app installed and running on their smartphones.