Lok Sabha Question No. 2628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: NMMS App at MGNREGS Sites
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2628 ANSWERED ON 05/08/2025

## NMMS APP AT MGNREGS SITES

2628. Smt. SmitaUdayWagh: Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  eligibility  criteria  prescribed  by  the  Ministry  for  selecting Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGS)  worksites  where  attendance  must  be mandatorily  recorded  through  the  National  Mobile  Monitoring Service (NMMS) App;
- (b) the  total  number  of  MGNREGS  worksites  currently  complying with NMMS  attendance  norms  and  the latest fortnightly compliance rates in various States, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c) whether  the  Ministry  is  aware  of  technical  or  operational challenges faced in NMMS  implementation, especially in remote or low-connectivity regions;
- (d) if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  ensure  seamless operation  and  coverge  of  the  NMMS  App  in  such  regions, including any provisions for exemptions or alternative methods have been permitted; and
- (e) the details  and  number  of  worksites  impacted  by  these challenges  and  the  status  of  their  resolution  in  Maharashtra, particularly  in  rural  parts  of  JalgaonLokSabha  Constituency, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):   To ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS),  the  Ministry  has mandated  that  attendance  of  all  worksites  should  be  captured

through the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App, except January, 2023. States/UTs are required to ensure that attendance is recorded at the worksite through the NMMS App with two time-stamped, geo- individual beneficiary category works w.e.f. 1st tagged photographs of the workers in a day.

- (b): State/Union  Territory  (UT)-wise  details  of  eligible  works  and usage of NMMS App during First and Second Fortnights of  financial year 2025-26 (as on 31.07.2025) are  given at Annexure-I.
- (c)& (d): 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. Some  of  these  are   eye  blink  and  head  count  facility,  Mate-id mapping, verification of photographs at various levels etc.

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.

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.

- (e): As  per  information  available  on  NREGASoft,  no  such  issues have been noticed in the rural areas of JalgaonLokSabha Constituency under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

State/Union Territory (UT)-wise (including Maharashtra) details of  works  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS,  that  are  otherwise eligible  for  NMMS-based  attendance  but  claimed  exemption  (and hence the attendance therein was recorded in an alternate mode)

from the same are given at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2628 dated 05.08.2025.

State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of eligible works and usage of NMMS App during  First  and  Second  Fortnights  during  the  financial  year  2025-26  (as  on 31.07.2025).

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|         |                     | First Fortnight          | First Fortnight                                                 | Second Fortnight   | Second Fortnight                                                |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No. | States              | Number of eligible works | Number of works having muster roll filled through the NMMS App. | Number of eligible | Number of works having muster roll filled through the NMMS App. |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      | 169428                   | 166934                                                          | 164320             | 160238                                                          |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 868                      | 37                                                              | 983                | 43                                                              |
| 3       | Assam               | 20052                    | 18470                                                           | 20116              | 18278                                                           |
| 4       | Bihar               | 147216                   | 142482                                                          | 207774             | 198954                                                          |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh        | 19689                    | 19434                                                           | 20048              | 19428                                                           |
| 6       | Goa                 | 272                      | 0                                                               | 213                | 0                                                               |
| 7       | Gujarat             | 17246                    | 16854                                                           | 16976              | 16375                                                           |
| 8       | Haryana             | 4958                     | 4755                                                            | 5224               | 5016                                                            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh    | 16567                    | 16260                                                           | 17815              | 17003                                                           |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir   | 28937                    | 27716                                                           | 41882              | 39201                                                           |
| 11      | Jharkhand           | 5167                     | 4567                                                            | 5017               | 4418                                                            |
| 12      | Karnataka           | 72853                    | 72508                                                           | 69597              | 67898                                                           |
| 13      | Kerala              | 71208                    | 67671                                                           | 76465              | 71962                                                           |
| 14      | Ladakh              | 498                      | 337                                                             | 491                | 319                                                             |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh      | 82609                    | 71188                                                           | 86806              | 72290                                                           |
| 16      | Maharashtra         | 28980                    | 28473                                                           | 32015              | 31038                                                           |
| 17      | Manipur             | 2281                     | 2110                                                            | 2765               | 2466                                                            |
| 18      | Meghalaya           | 5185                     | 4126                                                            | 6526               | 5312                                                            |
| 19      | Mizoram             | 390                      | 323                                                             | 2196               | 1838                                                            |
| 20      | Nagaland            | 1578                     | 1209                                                            | 1752               | 1278                                                            |
| 21      | Odisha              | 64581                    | 59723                                                           | 64952              | 58825                                                           |
| 22      | Punjab              | 56667                    | 55823                                                           | 47311              | 46408                                                           |
| 23      | Rajasthan           | 105456                   | 104703                                                          | 116048             | 113102                                                          |
| 24      | Sikkim              | 469                      | 337                                                             | 438                | 309                                                             |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu          | 88084                    | 87091                                                           | 100216             | 95786                                                           |
| 26      | Telangana           | 114955                   | 110764                                                          | 108341             | 103591                                                          |
| 27      | Tripura             | 3992                     | 3906                                                            | 4590               | 4461                                                            |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh       | 227131                   | 214730                                                          | 223967             | 206898                                                          |
| 29      | Uttarakhand         | 11790                    | 11158                                                           | 12123              | 11167                                                           |
| 30      | Andaman and Nicobar | 33                       | 17                                                              | 35                 | 18                                                              |

| 31 Puducherry   |     486 |     479 |     596 |     592 |
|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Total           | 1369626 | 1314185 | 1457598 | 1374512 |

(As per NREGASoft)

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2628 dated 05.08.2025

| .     |                     | Total Eligible Works for   | Total Eligible Days for e   | Device Working   | not          | Network not Available   | Network not Available   | Total Works Taking Exempt ion   | Total Days Taking on   | %of Work s Takin   | %of Days Taki ng Exe   |
|-------|---------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
| No    | States              | Attendan                   | Attendanc                   | No. of Works     | No. of Days  | No. of Work s           | No. of Days             |                                 | Exempti                | g Exem             | mpti                   |
| 1     | 2                   | 3                          | 4                           | 5                | 6            | 7                       | 8                       | 9                               | 10                     | ption 11           | on 12                  |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 333749130671020            | 333749130671020             | 14701            | 103525       | 5054                    | 52063                   | 19755                           | 155588                 | 5.92               | 0.12                   |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 1877                       | 1390029                     | 473              | 7876         | 617                     | 13146                   | 1090                            | 21022                  | 58.07              | 1.51                   |
| 3     | ASSAM               | 40289                      | 11826959                    | 874              | 9388         | 655                     | 14678                   | 1529                            | 24066                  | 3.8                | 0.2                    |
| 4     | BIHAR               | 355008                     | 94357957                    | 8342             | 141856       | 836                     | 12125                   | 9178                            | 153981                 | 2.59               | 0.16                   |
| 5     | CHHATTISGAR H       | 39844                      | 15478460                    | 62               | 707          | 216                     | 3850                    | 278                             | 4557                   | 0.7                | 0.03                   |
| 6     | GOA                 | 499                        | 39124                       | 0                | 0            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                               | 0                      | 0                  | 0                      |
| 7     | GUJARAT             | 34666                      | 9823130                     | 1834             | 25546        | 639                     | 10150                   | 2473                            | 35696                  | 7.13               | 0.36                   |
| 8     | HARYANA             | 10266                      | 4032123                     | 471              | 5339         | 67                      | 849                     | 538                             | 6188                   | 5.24               | 0.15                   |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 34423                      | 3382909                     | 350              | 3861         | 171                     | 2584                    | 521                             | 6445                   | 1.51               | 0.19                   |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 71712                      | 8673933                     | 695              | 12525        | 474                     | 8980                    | 1169                            | 21505                  | 1.63               | 0.25                   |
| 11    | JHARKHAND           | 10214                      | 1163908                     | 1106             | 10938        | 204                     | 1671                    | 1310                            | 12609                  | 12.83              | 1.08                   |
| 12    | KARNATAKA           | 143540                     | 42581279                    | 357              | 4774         | 87                      | 883                     | 444                             | 5657                   | 0.31               | 0.01                   |
| 13    | KERALA              | 149227                     | 25468101                    | 19142            | 148022       | 2671                    | 21291                   | 21813                           | 169313                 | 14.62              | 0.66                   |
| 14    | LADAKH              | 969                        | 207587                      | 76               | 1061         | 123                     | 2740                    | 199                             | 3801                   | 20.54              | 1.83                   |
| 15    | MADHYA PRADESH      | 169794                     | 30930947                    | 13845            | 144336       | 3840                    | 34998                   | 17685                           | 179334                 | 10.42              | 0.58                   |
| 16    | MAHARASHTR A        | 61584                      | 13559279                    | 379              | 4419         | 112                     | 1601                    | 491                             | 6020                   | 0.8                | 0.04                   |
| 17    | MANIPUR             | 5133                       | 3793038                     | 156              | 472          | 54                      | 333                     | 210                             | 805                    | 4.09               | 0.02                   |
| 18    | MEGHALAYA           | 11876                      | 5603102                     | 1502             | 26823        | 1187                    | 20949                   | 2689                            | 47772                  | 22.64              | 0.85                   |
| 19    | MIZORAM             | 2636                       | 2582983                     | 584              | 3384         | 538                     | 3740                    | 1122                            | 7124                   | 42.56              | 0.28                   |
| 20    | NAGALAND            | 3332                       | 4188811                     | 642              | 5009         | 613                     | 4901                    | 1255                            | 9910                   | 37.67              | 0.24                   |
| 21    | ODISHA              | 130850                     | 38269133                    | 10285            | 152944       | 1631                    | 23814                   | 11916                           | 176758                 | 9.11               | 0.46                   |
| 22    | PUNJAB              | 104391                     | 15457390                    | 702              | 7033         | 82                      | 814                     | 784                             | 7847                   | 0.75               | 0.05                   |
| 23    | RAJASTHAN           | 230137                     | 88586392                    | 162              | 1756         | 87                      | 1735                    | 249                             | 3491                   | 0.11               | 0                      |
| 24    | SIKKIM              | 903                        | 213660                      | 181              | 3010         | 39                      | 895                     | 220                             | 3905                   | 24.36              | 1.83                   |
| 25    | TAMIL NADU          | 189056                     | 42631952                    | 1943             | 14375        | 1189                    | 9019                    | 3132                            | 23394                  | 1.66               | 0.05                   |
| 26    | TELANGANA           | 224532                     | 36875251                    | 14349            | 267393       | 2684                    | 38100                   | 17033                           | 305493                 | 7.59               | 0.83                   |
| 27    | TRIPURA             | 8657                       | 2977096                     | 536              | 3682         | 245                     | 1323                    | 781                             | 5005                   | 9.02               | 0.17                   |
| 28    | UTTAR PRADESH       |                            | 451098120505145             | 1100             | 11934        | 510                     | 5075                    | 1610                            | 17009                  | 0.36               | 0.01                   |
| 29    | UTTARAKHAN D        | 23946                      | 2631330                     | 1197             | 18718        | 658                     | 9867                    | 1855                            | 28585                  | 7.75               | 1.09                   |
| 30    | WEST BENGAL         | 0                          | 0                           | 0                | 0            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                               | 0                      | 0                  | 0                      |
| 31    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 69                         | 7248                        | 13               | 197          | 14                      | 301                     | 27                              | 498                    | 39.13              | 6.87                   |
| 32    | DN HAVELI AND DD    | 0                          | 0                           | 98               | 535          | 0                       | 0                       | 98                              | 535                    | 0                  | 0                      |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEE P        | 0                          | 0                           | 0                | 0            | 0                       | 0                       | 0                               | 0                      | 0                  | 0                      |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY          |                            |                             | 44               | 162          |                         | 47                      |                                 | 209                    | 5.82               | 0.02                   |
|       |                     | 1083                       | 918771                      |                  |              | 19                      |                         | 63                              |                        |                    | 0.19                   |
| Total |                     | 2845360758828047           |                             | 96201            | 114160025316 |                         | 302522                  | 121517                          | 1444122                | 4.27               |                        |

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