Lok Sabha Question No. 3173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Mandatory Mobile-based Attendance for MGNREGS Workers
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3173 ANSWERED ON 08/08/2023

## MANDATORY MOBILE-BASED ATTENDANCE FOR MGNREGS WORKERS

3173. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  has  made  mobile  app-based  attendance mandatory  for  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  workers  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  is  aware  of  the  problems  faced  by  the technicians  in  uploading  photos  and  the  applications  which  do not work in remote village and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  company/persons  who  developed  the  attendance application;
- (d) whether  the  MGNREGS  mobile  application  been  audited  for quality checks and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  standards  testing  and  quality  certification  body  of the Government has audited the mobile application and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a)&(b):        To  ensure  more  transparency  in  the  implementation  of Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the States/UTs, capturing of attendance with geo-tagged,  two  time-stamped  photographs  of  the  workers  in  a day through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App for all the works (except individual beneficiary works) has been made mandatory from 1st January, 2023.

This increases citizen oversight of the Scheme besides enabling faster  processing  of  payments.  Worksite  supervisors  are  responsible for  capturing  attendance  along  with  geo-tagged  photographs  of  the

The technical issues being faced in NMMS App are taken up with National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC),  Rural  Development  on  a  real-time basis.  The  new  provisions/  suggestions  requested  by  the  States/UTs are being incorporated. All the issues concerning the NMMS app are

NMMS app has been modified to capture the second photograph just  after  4  hours  of  uploading  the  attendance  and  first  photograph. The morning attendance along with the first photograph and second photograph can be captured in offline mode and to be uploaded once the device comes into a network. In case of exceptional circumstances  due  to  which  attendance  could  not  be  uploaded,  the District  Programme Coordinator (DPC) has been authorized to upload

(c):  NMMS  App  is  developed  by  the  technical  team  of  National Informatics Centre (NIC)-Department of Rural Development, Ministry of

(d)&(e):  The NMMS mobile application was audited for quality checks as well as standards testing and quality certification by the workers through the NMMS App. reviewed and resolved from time to time. the manual attendance. Rural Development. specialized agency engaged by technical team NIC-DRD.

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