Lok Sabha Question No. 4345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Attendance through NMMS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Sudama Prasad

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4345 ANSWERED ON 19/08/2025

## ATTENDANCE THROUGH NMMS

## 4345. Shri Sudama Prasad:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) used to  capture  attendance  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  MGNREGA  workers  misused and manipulated;
- (b) the  details  of  loss  to  the  exchequer  due  to  the  misuse  and manipulation of NMMS App;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  discontinue  NMMS App;
- (d) the details of the budget allotted and released for social audit in 2024-25 and 2025-26, State-wise; and
- (e) the details and number of States got social audit done during 2021-22?

## 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 if 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  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  13.08.2025), 95% attendance has been marked through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) under the Scheme.

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 efforts 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 on which the attendance has been captured, this process took more time earlier in case of manual attendance system.

(d):  State/UT-wise  fund  released  for  Social  Audit  Unit  in  the  last financial year 2024-25 and the current financial year 2025-26 (as on

12.08.2025) is given at Annexure-I.

(e): State/UTs-wise details of Social Audits conducted under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2021-22 is given at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4345 dated 19.08.2025.

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| State/UT-wise fund released for Social Audit Unit in last financial year 2024- 25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 12.08.2025).   | State/UT-wise fund released for Social Audit Unit in last financial year 2024- 25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 12.08.2025).   | State/UT-wise fund released for Social Audit Unit in last financial year 2024- 25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 12.08.2025).   | State/UT-wise fund released for Social Audit Unit in last financial year 2024- 25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 12.08.2025).   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                    | States/UTs                                                                                                                                 | Funds released (Rs. in lakh)                                                                                                               | Funds released (Rs. in lakh)                                                                                                               |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                    | States/UTs                                                                                                                                 | 2024-25                                                                                                                                    | 2025-26 (As on 12.08.2025)                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                             | 1838.23                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 2                                                                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 138.75                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                                                                      | 296.16                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                                                                      | 350.00                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                               | 1168.20                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                                                          | Gujarat*                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                                                          | Goa#                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                                                                    | 194.54                                                                                                                                     | 77.57                                                                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                           | 448.51                                                                                                                                     | 168.11                                                                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                            | 130.62                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                  | 422.54                                                                                                                                     | 389.61                                                                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                                                                  | 1270.05                                                                                                                                    | 766.29                                                                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                                                                     | 1194.85                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 14                                                                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                             | 3090.99                                                                                                                                    | 759.71                                                                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                | 1349.40                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                                                                         | Manipur                                                                                                                                    | 158.59                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                  | 263.87                                                                                                                                     | 158.4                                                                                                                                      |
| 18                                                                                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                                                                                    | 204.84                                                                                                                                     | 71.67                                                                                                                                      |
| 19                                                                                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                                                                                   | 190.21                                                                                                                                     | 48.56                                                                                                                                      |
| 20                                                                                                                                         | Odisha                                                                                                                                     | 1705.97                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                                                                     | 320.30                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                  | 938.18                                                                                                                                     | 1141.41                                                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                                                                     | 60.62                                                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                                                          |
| 24                                                                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                 | 3269.50                                                                                                                                    | 989.91                                                                                                                                     |
| 25                                                                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                                                                  | 1784.80                                                                                                                                    | 514.39                                                                                                                                     |
| 26                                                                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                                                                    | 223.38                                                                                                                                     | 129.49                                                                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                              | 2200.00                                                                                                                                    | 1239.85                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                | 148.49                                                                                                                                     | 76.82                                                                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                                                                         | West Bengal@                                                                                                                               | -                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                          |

*Gujarat - Complete proposal yet to be received. #Goa -  Independent Social Audit Unit is yet to be constituted.

@West Bengal - Release of funds to the State of West Bengal has been  stopped  as  per  provision  of  Section  27  of  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act,  2005  due  to  noncompliance of directives of Central Government.

## Annexure-II

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (e)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4345 dated 19.08.2025.

| State/UTs-wise, the details of social audits conducted under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2021-22.   | State/UTs-wise, the details of social audits conducted under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2021-22.   | State/UTs-wise, the details of social audits conducted under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2021-22.   |
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| SI. No.                                                                                            | State                                                                                              | Total number of Gram Panchayats audited FY 2021-22                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                     | 5,936                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                  | 47                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                              | 1,510                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                              | 2,090                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                       | 7,996                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                            | 1,458                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                            | 3,904                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                   | 2,908                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                  | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                  | 1,237                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                          | 1,132                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                          | 5,690                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                             | 313                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                     | 22,727                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                        | 5,635                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                            | 477                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                          | 4,207                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                            | 272                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                           | 127                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                             | 6,739                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                             | 7,795                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                          | 731                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                             | 37                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                         | 12,515                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                          | 3,911                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                            | 1,170                                                                                              |
| 26                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                      | 36,997                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                        | 1,240                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                        | 3,338                                                                                              |

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