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Manipulation in MGNREGS Digital Attendance System
Context:
The Union Rural Development Ministry has flagged widespread manipulation in MGNREGS digital attendance via the NMMS app and mandated a four-level analog verification system to curb misuse and protect public funds.
About NMMS (National Mobile Monitoring System):
- Introduced in 2021 and made mandatory in 2022.
- Requires geo-tagged photographs of MGNREGS workers twice a day (morning and end of shift).
- Aimed to increase transparency and reduce corruption in wage payment verification.
Key Issues Identified by the Ministry:
- Upload of unrelated or duplicate photographs.
- Photo-to-photo capture instead of real-time images.
- Mismatch between actual workers and uploaded photos.
- Gender composition inconsistencies at sites.
- Reuse of same photos across multiple muster rolls.
- No afternoon photos or mismatch in morning–evening photos.
Government Response:
- Mandated four-level analog verification:
- 100% verification at gram panchayat level.
- 20% at block, 10% at district, 5% at State
- Editing of muster rolls before wage payment now permitted, earlier limited to District Collector’s intervention.
Challenges Identified:
- Manual verification overburdens ground staff.
- Lack of technical infrastructure, especially in Adivasi and remote areas.
- Risk of undermining the original digitization and efficiency goals of NMMS.
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