Union Minister Anurag Thakur praised India's digital initiatives, highlighting the convenience of vaccine certificates being available on smartphones, a service he claimed has not yet been offered in other countries. During an event, the Information and Broadcasting Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader commended the Indian population for receiving their Covid vaccine certificates through the CoWIN app. He contrasted this with his conversation with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who had to carry a physical copy of his vaccine certificate.