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O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4109
ANSWERED ON 17/03/2026
NMMS ATTENDANCE APP
4109. Shri Lalji Verma:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the method adopted by the Government to assess the number of
workers unable to mark their attendance due to issues with the
National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) attendance app;
(b) the total number of attendance discrepancies detected between
the NMMS app and the physical muster roll between April 2023
and October 31, 2024, State-wise;
(c) the guidelines implemented by the Government to ensure that
no worker is denied wages for failing to mark attendance on the
NMMS app; and
(d) the number of complaints filed regarding issues related to the
NMMS app, along with the action taken thereon, State-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a) to (d): To ensure transparency and accountability in the
implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), it was 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 any worksite is not located in
network covered area or attendance could not be uploaded due to
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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.
It is also stated that 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, 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 as on which the attendance has been captured, this
process took more time earlier in case of manual attendance system.
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