The 'National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS)' is an initiative of which Union Ministry?

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Minister of Rural Development

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Correct Answer : Minister of Rural Development

Digitally capturing the attendance of workers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGREGS) has been made universal by the Centre from January 1, 2023.

* The Minister of Rural Development launched the National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) App in 2021. From January 1, 2023, had started a pilot project to capture attendance via a mobile application, the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS).

* The NMMS App permits taking real-time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi NREGS worksites along with geo-tagged photographs.

* This will increase citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially enabling the processing of payments faster

* This facilitates them to record their findings online along with time-stamped and go-coordinate tagged photographs for all the schemes of the Department of Rural Development.

* This would also enable better record keeping of inspections by field and supervisory officials and also facilitate analysis of the findings for better programme implementation..

Source : The Hindu

Published On : December 29, 2022

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