**Executive Summary:**
This document is a response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2628 concerning the use of the National Mobile Monitoring Service (NMMS) App at Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) worksites. It details the eligibility criteria for NMMS use, compliance rates, challenges faced, and steps taken to ensure seamless operation, with data up to July 31, 2025. The policy mandates NMMS for attendance recording at most MGNREGS worksites starting January 1, 2023.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **NMMS Mandate:**
* Attendance at all MGNREGS worksites, except individual beneficiary category works, must be recorded through the NMMS App, effective January 1, 2023.
* States/UTs must ensure attendance is recorded with two timestamped, geo-tagged photographs of workers daily.
* **Compliance and Usage:**
* Annexure I provides State/UT-wise details of eligible works and NMMS App usage during the first and second fortnights of the financial year 2025-26 (as of July 31, 2025).
* **Addressing Challenges:**
* The Ministry addresses issues faced by States/UTs in real-time and incorporates enhancements based on feedback.
* Offline mode is available for areas with network issues; attendance can be uploaded when connectivity is restored.
* District Program Coordinators (now decentralized to the Block level) can grant exemptions in exceptional circumstances.
* **Impact and Efficiency:**
* NMMS implementation has improved attendance management and overall process efficiency.
* The app facilitates timely wage payments by enabling same-day generation of wage lists and Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs).
* **Specific Issues and Exemptions:**
* No issues have been reported in the rural areas of Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency.
* Annexure II provides State/UT-wise details of works eligible for NMMS but granted exemptions, with attendance recorded via alternate methods.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **States/Union Territories:**
* *Impact:* Required to implement and monitor NMMS app usage at MGNREGS worksites, ensure accurate attendance recording, and address technical challenges.
* *Action Required:* Ensure all eligible worksites use the NMMS app, resolve technical issues promptly, and provide exemptions only in exceptional cases.
* **MGNREGS Workers:**
* *Impact:* Attendance and wage payments are managed through the NMMS app, potentially leading to more transparency and timely payments.
* *Action Required:* Comply with the NMMS attendance recording process, including photo capture.
* **Ministry of Rural Development:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for overseeing NMMS implementation, providing technical support, and addressing challenges faced by States/UTs.
* *Action Required:* Continuously monitor NMMS usage, address technical issues promptly, and incorporate feedback for system improvement.
* **District Program Coordinators/Block Level Authorities:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for granting exemptions to NMMS usage in exceptional cases and ensuring alternate attendance recording methods are in place.
* *Action Required:* Evaluate and approve exemption requests based on established criteria and ensure proper documentation of alternate attendance methods.
Key Entities Referenced
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: A rural employment scheme in India, also referred to as MGNREGS or Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
National Mobile Monitoring Service: A system, referred to as NMMS, used for recording attendance at MGNREGS worksites.
Maharashtra: A state in India, mentioned in the context of NMMS compliance and issue resolution.
Ministry of Rural Development: The Indian government ministry responsible for rural development programs, including MGNREGS.
NREGASoft: A software used to manage information related to the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
JalgaonLokSabha Constituency: A Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra, specifically mentioned in relation to issue resolution with NMMS.
Andhra Pradesh: A state in India, listed in Annexure I and II providing details of eligible works and usage of NMMS App
Tamil Nadu: A state in India, listed in Annexure I and II providing details of eligible works and usage of NMMS App
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
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individual beneficiary category works w.e.f. 1st January,
2023. States/UTs are required to ensure that attendance is recorded
at the worksite through the NMMS App with two time-stamped, geo-
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).
First Fortnight Second Fortnight
Number of works Number of works
SI. Number of
States having muster roll Number of having muster roll
No. eligible
filled through the eligible filled through the
works
NMMS App. NMMS App.
Andhra
1 169428 166934 164320 160238
Pradesh
Arunachal
2 868 37 983 43
Pradesh
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
Himachal
9 16567 16260 17815 17003
Pradesh
Jammu and
10 28937 27716 41882 39201
Kashmir
11 Jharkhand 5167 4567 5017 4418
12 Karnataka 72853 72508 69597 67898
13 Kerala 71208 67671 76465 71962
14 Ladakh 498 337 491 319
Madhya
15 82609 71188 86806 72290
Pradesh
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
Andaman and
30 33 17 35 18
Nicobar
Page 3 of 531 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
Device not Network not % of % of
Total
Total Working Available Total Total Work Days
Eligible
Eligible Works Days s Taki
No Works
States Days for No. of Taking Taking Takin ng
. for Attendanc No. of No. of Work No. of Exempt Exempti g Exe
Attendan Works Days Days
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ption on
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
ANDHRA
1 333749 130671020 14701 103525 5054 52063 19755 155588 5.92 0.12
PRADESH
ARUNACHAL
2 1877 1390029 473 7876 617 13146 1090 21022 58.07 1.51
PRADESH
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
CHHATTISGAR
5 39844 15478460 62 707 216 3850 278 4557 0.7 0.03
H
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
HIMACHAL
9 34423 3382909 350 3861 171 2584 521 6445 1.51 0.19
PRADESH
JAMMU AND
10 71712 8673933 695 12525 474 8980 1169 21505 1.63 0.25
KASHMIR
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
MADHYA
15 169794 30930947 13845 144336 3840 34998 17685 179334 10.42 0.58
PRADESH
MAHARASHTR
16 61584 13559279 379 4419 112 1601 491 6020 0.8 0.04
A
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
UTTAR
28 451098 120505145 1100 11934 510 5075 1610 17009 0.36 0.01
PRADESH
UTTARAKHAN
29 23946 2631330 1197 18718 658 9867 1855 28585 7.75 1.09
D
30 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANDAMAN
31 69 7248 13 197 14 301 27 498 39.13 6.87
AND NICOBAR
DN HAVELI
32 0 0 98 535 0 0 98 535 0 0
AND DD
LAKSHADWEE
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P
34 PUDUCHERRY 1083 918771 44 162 19 47 63 209 5.82 0.02
Total 2845360 758828047 96201 1141600 25316 302522 121517 1444122 4.27 0.19
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