NATIONAL
MOBILE MONITORING SYSTEM - GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News:
Centre makes digitally
capturing MGNREGA attendance universal from January 1
What's
in the news?
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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.
Key
takeaways:
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The Union government, arguing for transparency and accountability in May
2021, had started a pilot project to capture
attendance via a mobile application, the National Mobile Monitoring System
(NMMS).
MGNREGS:
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 provides legal guarantee for 100 days of employment during every financial year to adult members
of any rural households who are willing to do public work-related unskilled
manual work at the statutory minimum wage.
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This Act also provides 150 days of work to the SC/STs during
non-agricultural seasons.
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Its entire implementation is monitored by
the Ministry of Rural Development in association with the State Governments.
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The employment under this scheme will be
provided within a radius of 5 km. If
it is above 5 km, extra wages will be paid by the Government.
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Within 15 days of applying or from the day
the work is demanded, wage employment will be provided to the applicant.
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The applicants should receive wages within
fifteen days after the work is done.
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In case the employment is not provided
within 15 days of submitting the application or from the date when the work is
sought, the individual has the right to get unemployment allowance.
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Gram
Sabha is the principal forum for the wage seekers to raise
their voices and make demands.
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Also, the Gram Sabha and the Gram
Panchayat approve the works under MGNREGA and fix their priority.
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Women
empowerment: Minimum one-third of the workers should
be women.
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Demand-driven
scheme: Worker will get the work whenever he demands and not
when the Government has work available.