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- The Union government has made digitally capturing MGNREGA attendance universal from January 1, 2023 through (NMMS).
- From May 16, 2022, capturing attendance via the app was made compulsory for all worksites with 20 or more workers. This required uploading two time-stamped and geotagged photographs of the workers.Â
National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS)
- About:
- The National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) App was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development in 2021.
- It aimed at bringing more transparency and ensuring proper monitoring of the schemes.
- Significance:
- The NMMS App permits taking real time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGA worksites along with geo-tagged photographs.Â
- The app helps in increasing citizen oversight of the programme.
- Issues:
- Poor internet connectivity, little access to smartphones and glitches in the app have created a problem in the daily activities of the workers.
- The workers are forced to buy a smartphone which is pushing them to leave the job.Â
- Many workers have complained that the process is very difficult, and they are illiterate.Â
Source: TH
