100% Attendance of MGNREGA Workers to be Done through App in Uttar Pradesh

• 03 Jan 2023

Why In News?

On January 2, 2023, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that arrangements are now being made to ensure 100 percent attendance through the National Mobile Monitoring System App for transparency in MNREGA works in the state.

Key Points

• In line with the instructions given by Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, the Rfural Development Department is making arrangements to ensure 100 percent attendance through the National Mobile Monitoring System App (NMMS) to bring transparency in MGNREGA works.
• From this year, 100 percent attendance of MGNREGA workers will be available through this app. For this, Rural Development Commissioner GS Priyadarshi has given instructions to all district magistrates and district program coordinators.
• Referring to the guidelines of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, the Commissioner has written that the presence of workers should be ensured through the app and it should be reviewed at the development block level every week.
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Campaign (MGNREGA) is an employment guarantee scheme implemented in India, which was enacted by the Legislative Assembly on September 7, 2005 in the state.
• It aims to provide a legal guarantee of the right of rural households to work and enhance their livelihood by providing at least 100 days of unskilled manual labour to every rural household. The program is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and is implemented in partnership with the State Governments and local Governments.