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Soon after becoming Prime Minister, Narendra Modi mocked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Parliament and called it a monumental failure of the United Progressive Alliance government. Interestingly, he added that he would not end the scheme but would keep it alive as a symbol of the Congress’ inability to address poverty. Five years later, when COVID-19 hit the country, it was MGNREGA that came to the rescue of the rural poor, as a last resort of employment in a crumbling economy. When, in an unprecedented exodus, vast numbers of migrants left the cities to return to their villages, they took recourse to MGNREGA jobs. The World Bank report titled “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens”. According to the World Bank, the lockdown impacted the livelihoods of nearly 40 million internal migrants. According to its report titled “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens”, around 50,000-60,000 people moved from urban centres to rural areas of origin in the span of a few days. MGNREGA, which guarantees 100 days of work a year to at least one member of every rural household, saved many of them from starvation and probable death. Subsequently, as wave after wave of COVID hit the country, the economy collapsed, triggering record unemployment in both urban and rural sectors. Once again, MGNREGA provided relief to the beleaguered masses. This is not to say that the scheme is without its share of problems. Ranjan from the Kudar Dori Shakti Sangath...

MGNREGA: Cost of ‘Plugging Leaks’ Cannot Be Exclusion of the Most Vulnerable The impact of experimental measures like making digital attendance mandatory through the NMMS App mandatory and paying wages only to Aadhaar-linked bank accounts will fall on rural migrants who are desperately striving for survival. Under MGNREGA, a flagship scheme aimed at enhancing the livelihood security of rural households by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed employment, the Union government has made digital attendance of workers through the The nexus between contractors and government functionaries, operationalised with the passive support of the workers, was resulting in the latter being paid less than their due by allowing them to be relaxed about their attendance at the site or completing the assigned work. Understandably, the goal of asset creation and targeting the vulnerable segments were seriously compromised under the old system. The difficulties in marking attendance multiple times every day due to connectivity issues and not receiving wages as about 55% of workers do not have their account linked to Aadhaar, has however led now to low turnout for work and reduced off-take under MGNREGA. It is, thus, providing a perverse rationale, justifying post facto MGNREGA was a Also Read: The most vulnerable seek employment under MGNREGA It is important to note that it is the most vulnerable section of the rural workers, desperately striving for survival and incapable of moving out to o...

As groups of MGNREGA workers continue to protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the new attendance and payment systems for over a month, data compiled by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, which has been at the helm of the protest, showed 34.59 crore person days were generated in January and February this year. This was significantly lower than in January and February 2022, when 53.07 crore person days of work were generated. In 2021, 56.94 crore person days of work were generated in the same period. In 2020, it was 47.75 crore person days in the two months, while in 2019, 47.86 crore person days were generated in January and February. The data has been calculated using the MIS Report. MGNREGA workers protesting the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) have said their attendance is not getting marked due to network issues in rural areas and have demanded a rollback. The workers are also protesting against the Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS), which has been made mandatory, as several workers do not have ABPS accounts. According to the data compiled by the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, on February 1, less than 40 per cent of total MGNREGA workers were eligible for ABPS payments. This is over 10 crore workers across the country. The NMMS app is used to record workers' attendance at MGNREGA worksites by uploading geotagged photographs twice a day. It was made mandatory across all worksites on January 1, 2023. On January 30, 2023, the Rural Development Ministry announced all MGNREGA ...

A field visit to the Alwar district of Rajasthan was made for pilot testing of National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App and after checking its applicability, the NMMS App was launched. To ensure more transparency in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the States/UTs, a provision for capturing of attendance at worksite through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App with geo-tagged time stamped photographs of the worker in a day has been started on 21st May 2021, wherein muster rolls were issued for 20 or more workers. This increases citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially enabling faster processing of payments. Government of India has decided that from 16.05.2022, the workers attendance will be captured only through NMMS App for all the worksites where muster rolls are issued for 20 or more beneficiaries based on the feedback and suggestions from States/UTs. One year time, thus, has been provided as transition period. Now, the Ministry has decided that States/UTs shall ensure capturing of attendance for all the works (except Individual Beneficiary works) through NMMS App from 1st January 2023. NMMS App is used to capture the attendance of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS workers. There is no requirement for having gender-based registration in the NMMS App. This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha tod...

To ensure more transparency in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the states and Union Terrirotires (UTs), it has been decided that henceforth attendance at the worksites will be captured via the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App only. The app allows geo-tagged time-stamped photographs of the workers to be uploaded twice a day. This not only assists in supervision but also allows faster payment processing. If the workers fail to upload the photos and mark attendance, they will end up not being paid for the day. The NMMS app is used to record attendance at work sites where muster rolls are issued for 20 or more beneficiaries, based on the feedback and suggestions received from the states and UTs. Though the decision was taken last year, a year was allowed for testing and transition. Now, the Ministry of Rural Development has decided that the NMMS app will be mandatorily used to capture attendance for all the works (except individual beneficiary works) with effect from January 2023. However, in February, workers of NREGA had gone on an indefinite strike against the mandatory marking of attendance on the app. The workers drew attention to the technical issues that are likely to crop up in the software. Add to that the lack of smartphones and internet coverage in rural areas, and the app could be challenging to use. As per the Ministry, the app has been pilot tested in Alwar, Rajasthan and it...