Key Points
The government is unlikely to roll back a mobile app-based mandatory attendance system for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) despite ongoing protests..
Capturing workers' attendance through a mobile application, National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS), was made mandatory since January 1..
It triggered protests by a section of NREGS workers and activists, who said workers were being deprived of wage payments due to technical issues with the new attendance system..
They stressed that no state government has opposed the new attendance system and that workers don't need to carry smart phones with the app to register their attendance...
