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Covid-19: Govt proposes to make Aarogya Setu app mandatory for air travel

Passengers who have a green code in the app will be allowed to enter airport terminal

Aarogya Setu app, coronavirus, flights
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The app, developed by the Indian government, give users colour-coded designations based on their health status and travel history

Arindam MajumderAneesh Phadnis New Delhi/ Mumbai
The government has proposed to make it mandatory for flyers to have Aarogya Setu installed on their mobile phones. If this happens, India will be the first nation after China to make a mobile app compulsory for travel.

“People whose Aarogya Setu app is not ‘green’ are not to be allowed inside the terminal building. Persons above 80 years will also be restricted in the first phase of resumption,” a draft note circulated by the ministry and reviewed by Business Standard said. 

A committee of civil aviation ministry, which is finalising the procedures for resumption of air transport, has proposed

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