Congress Calls for Scraping of Digital Attendance System for MNREGA Staff

Digitally capturing Attendance of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act) By Net Platform Nationwide Cell Monitoring Techniques (NMMS) that Relies on Picture Uploads of the Staff is “Unworkable” & “COUNTERPRODUTICE” and MUST BE WITHDRAWN, CONCERARES COCRETARARI (Communications) Jairam Ramesh stated in a press release right here.

The Hindu Had Reported on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) Union Rural Improvement Ministry’s July eighth Instructions to the States Flagging the Varied Methods NMMs, Which was geared toward bringing in transparency, was being manipulatedThree years again the federal government has made it obligatory for all mnrega works to make use of this platform for marking their Attendance. It required them to add their photogrounds twice a day on the work. It was discovered that to satisfy this requirement, irrelevant images WEREN Uploaded Amongst different discrepancies.

“Quick is the self-declared motto of the modi authorities. It really stands for first announs second suppose,” MR. Ramesh stated in a press release right here taking a dig on the authorities. Since Its Introduction, Mr. Ramesh stated the Congress has highlighted the operational issues with nmms and the federal government’s July 8 notification is a ultimate “Acknowledgment” of the issue.

The NMMS, Mr. Ramesh stated, ended up excluding many real works of web connectivity and different causes with out Photographed, receives a commission with out working for a minute. “Nevertheless, the modi authorities, publish its throughout the problem, have recognized options which can be worse than the issue,” He stated. Partaking the administration from high to backside to confirm the images goes to waste the dear time of mnrega functionaries. He demanded that the federal government should affirm “task-based funds” which is the essence of mnrega.

Nikhil dey, Founder Member of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Stated, that the July eighth Order is a confession that NMMS doesn’t work however the resolution is obtainable and Misdirected. “The federal government is paying the mnrega laborer for the work carried out not merely for displaying up. Dey stated.

INTEAD of Imposing Newer and Extra Sophisticated Measures on the Staff, Mr. Dey argued that the federal government should maintain the supervisory authorities and the engineers accountable. “A employee is paid on the idea of measurements by the engineers, first in carving out the work after which in appraising how a lot of it has been achieved. Intad of tasking the entry administration to have a look at images at images The federal government give you monitoring mechanisms for supervisory authorities and enginers. Dey stated.