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.
From May 16, 2022, capturing attendance via the app was made compulsory for all worksites with 20 or more workers.
This is required uploading two time-stamped and geotagged photographs of the workers.
The job fell on the mates/supervisors, who are paid only marginally more than the unskilled workers.