New Delhi: A new application for booking of LPG cylinders has found an unexpected achievement by becoming the most downloaded application in India. The app recently broke the download charts on the Google Play Store and the App Store in the last week.
The application enables users to book LPG cylinders using their smartphones in no time. It is designed to make the process of cooking gas booking more fast and convenient for households.
There are millions of families in India that use LPG cylinders for cooking. Because of this massive amount of people using this platform, it is easy for any digital platform that makes it easier to book to quickly gain popularity.
The emergence of the LPG booking app demonstrates how digital public services are playing an important role in everyday life in India.
Many users have downloaded the application as it enables them to check the status of cylinder delivery, manage the bookings and get the notification about refills.
The sudden spike in downloads came as a surprise to many technology observers since ChatGPT has been one of the most popular apps in the world in the last couple of months.
However, experts say the popularity of utility apps in India is sometimes very fast if an app solves an everyday problem for millions of users.
Government supported digital initiatives and rising smartphones penetration has helped several such apps to reach a large audience.
India is also experiencing explosive growth in digital adoption of services such as payments, ticket booking, healthcare, public utilities, and so on.
