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The Union government has made capturing of attendance through its app, National Mobile Monitoring System compulsory at worksites where 20 or more workers are employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
About National Mobile Monitoring System
- The Ministry of Rural Development had started the exercise on a pilot basis on May 21 last year.
- Initially, the utilisation of application was to be voluntary
- From May 16 this year, it has been made mandatory.
Benefits of NMMS app
- It brings more transparency and ensures proper monitoring of the schemes.
- The NMMS App permits taking real time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGA worksites along with geo-tagged photograph.
- The app helps in increasing citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially enabling processing payments faster.
Current Issue with the app based attendance
- The speed of the application and the strength of the server creates troubles.
- Workers were not able to upload the attendance which makes them anxious because the wages are directly connected to attendance
- No clear solution to offer in case the app doesn’t work or fails to upload a photograph.
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