Centre Identifies Manipulation in MGNREGS Digital Attendance System, Adds Analog Monitoring
Nearly four years after its introduction, the Centre has discovered widespread manipulation of the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) for MGNREGS digital attendance, undermining its credibility and leading to potential misuse of public funds. Issues identified include uploading irrelevant photos, "photo-to-photo capturing" instead of live images, mismatches in actual vs. recorded counts, and discrepancies in gender composition and morning/afternoon photos. To plug these gaps, the Ministry of Rural Development has added four layers of analog monitoring and directed states to ensure 100% verification at gram panchayat level, with reduced percentages at block, district, and state levels.
Key Points
- The National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) for MGNREGS digital attendance is being widely manipulated, leading to misuse of public funds.
- Identified issues include uploading irrelevant photos, "photo-to-photo capturing," and mismatches in worker counts and photos.
- The NMMS requires geo-tagged photographs of workers twice a day, with an exception for sites with 20 or fewer workers.
- The Ministry of Rural Development has introduced four layers of analog monitoring to address the manipulation.
- States are mandated to verify 100% of present workers at the gram panchayat level, with decreasing verification percentages at higher administrative levels.
Exam Facts
- National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS).
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
- Ministry of Rural Development.
- NMMS requires geo-tagged photos twice a day.
- Four layers of analog monitoring added.
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