Digital Solutionism — “There is an App for Everything!” — The case of CoWIN

India’s policymakers are obsessed with pushing solutions for all kinds of social problems. The online CoWIN system (portal plus app) for accessing vaccine appointments will only lead to exclusion of digitally disadvantaged groups. Unless walk-in, manual access is made widespread. [May 2021]

Why the government loves digital solutions like CoWIN though they exclude millions of Indians

Note: In the article above an estimate of the population in the 18–44 age group (in India) that is on the wrong side of the digital divide is mentioned to be in the range of 200-280 million (out of the total group size of about 600 million). The basis for the estimate is given here.