MP govt to introduce e-attendance of MGNREGA workers

To prevent job card and fake attendance frauds in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act through e-muster roll, the MP government has taken a step forward to make the system full-proof and more secure.

Updated on: Jan 16, 2015, 18:20:02 IST

Hindustan Times | By Shruti Tomar, Bhopal

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To prevent job card and fake attendance frauds in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGS) through e-muster roll, the state government has taken a step forward to make the system full-proof and more secure.

Besides, generating job cards under the e-muster roll, workers would be required to mark their attendance at their work site electronically. Madhya Pradesh panchayat and rural development department would introduce the system of e-attendance with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) to locate the workers.

After registering themselves under the e-muster roll for 16 days, instead of manual daily attendance, the workers would be required to report at their work sites or construction sites through e-attendance.

NREGA state nodal officer Ovais Ahmed said, "E-attendance is a step forward towards making the system more transparent and secure. After e-attendance, it would become almost impossible for elected representatives of panchayat and local coordinators to commit any fraud related to MNREGA."

Ahmed further said, "From photographs to signatures, other identities would be checked on the daily basis through e-attendance. It would be easier for officers to verify the identity of workers and their attendance at work sites in real time so scams like issuing of job cards in the name of dead people and children will not be possible. The review of work performed would also become easier."

Aruna Sharma, additional chief secretary in charge of panchayat and rural development department, said, "We are going to introduce the process of e-attendance to make the system more authentic and transparent. The trial-run of the new system has begun in some districts. On the basis of feedback from those (the districts), the new system would be introduced as a pilot project from Neemuch from March."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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