Lok Sabha Question No. 1492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Discrepancies in NMMS App
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1492 ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025

## DISCREPANCIES IN NMMS APP

1492. Shri Imran Masood:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  the  workers  could  not  mark  their  attendance due  to  problems  in  the  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System (NMMS)  attendance  app  and  the  system  adopted  by  the Government to assess the issue, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  total  number  of  discrepancies  found  in attendance  between  the  NMMS  app  and  the  physical  muster roll between April 2023 and October 31, 2024, State-wise;
- the  guidelines  issued  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  no worker is denied wages for not being able to mark attendance
- (c) on the NMMS app; and
- (d) the  number  of  the  complaints  registered  regarding  issues related  to  NMMS  App    and  the  action  taken  on  the  said complaints, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)to (c): To ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS),  the  Ministry  has decided that States/UTs shall ensure capturing of attendance at the worksite  through  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS)  App with two-time stamped, geo-tagged photographs of the workers in a day for all  the  works  (except  Individual  Beneficiary  Work)  through NMMS w.e.f. 1st January, 2023.

In  order  to  avoid  any  inconvenience  to  the  workers  due  to NMMS, provision has been made  that in case any worksite is not located  in  network  covered  area  or  attendance  could  not  be uploaded  due  to  any  other  network  issue  then  attendance  can  be captured  in  offline  mode  and  can  be  uploaded  once  the  device comes into network covered area. In case of exceptional

circumstances owing to which attendance could not be uploaded, the  provision  for  exemption  at  district  level  by  District  Program Coordinator also exists,  which has since been decentralized to the Block level.

During the current financial year 2025-26 (as on 25.07.2025), 95.59  %  attendance  has  been  marked  through  National  Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) under the Scheme.

With the above exception handling mechanisms in place, no instance of loss of work or wages due to NMMS has come to the notice of the Ministry.

It  is  also  submitted  that  any  issue  faced  by  States/UTs  is taken  up  with  Ministry  on  a  real-time  basis  which  in  turn  makes effort  to  resolve  the  same  in  a  time  bound  manner.  Various enhancements are continuously incorporated in the system to make it  more  robust,  based  on  the  feedback  and  suggestions  given  by States  and  other  stakeholders,  such  as  eye  blink  and  head  count facility,  Mate-id  mapping,  verification  of  photographs  at  various levels etc.

The  implementation  of  the  NMMS  application  has  significantly improved  the  attendance  management  system  and  the  overall efficiency  of  the  process.  NMMS  application  also  helps  in  timely payment of wages as wage lists and FTOs can be generated on the same  day  as  on  which  the  attendance  has  been  captured,  this process  took  more  time  earlier  in  case  of  manual  attendance system.

There  have  been  no  reported  cases  of  attendance  data discrepancies between the NMMS app and physical muster rolls.

## (d):     State-wise number of complaints received on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAM) related to the issues with NMMS app is given below:

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| S.No.           | State           |   Number of complaints |   Number of complaints |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1Andhra Pradesh | 1Andhra Pradesh |                      1 |                      1 |
| 2Bihar          | 2Bihar          |                     47 |                     47 |
| 3Chhatishgarh   | 3Chhatishgarh   |                      1 |                      1 |
| 4Haryana        | 4Haryana        |                      2 |                      2 |
| 5Karnatka       | 5Karnatka       |                      1 |                      1 |
| 6Madhya Pradesh | 6Madhya Pradesh |                      6 |                      6 |
| 7Odisha         | 7Odisha         |                      3 |                      3 |
| 8Rajashthan     | 8Rajashthan     |                      8 |                      8 |
| 9Tamil Naidu    | 9Tamil Naidu    |                     10 |                     10 |
| 10Uttar Pradesh | 10Uttar Pradesh |                     16 |                     16 |
| Total           | Total           |                     95 |                     95 |

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