Context:
Nearly four years after rolling out the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) and three years after making it mandatory for MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) workers, the Union Rural Development Ministry has identified serious misuse and manipulation in its implementation.
About NMMS Platform
The National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) is a mobile application developed by the Ministry of Rural Development to monitor attendance of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS).
- Introduced to ensure real-time, geo-tagged attendance of MGNREGS workers.
- Requires two photographs per day: one at the start and another at the end of the shift.
- Aims to improve transparency and curb fake attendance or ghost beneficiaries.
What is MGNREGA ?
MGNREGA was launched in the year 2005 as one of the largest work guaranteed program by the Ministry of Rural Government. The basic objective of MGNREGA was providing 100 days guaranteed employment in every financial year to any rural or adult people who are willing to do public work – related which is unskilled manual work.
- Ministry
- Ministry of Rural Development