NMMS attendance app update adds security checks and offline safeguards for rural workers

An upgraded National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app for recording rural workers' attendance under VB-G RAM G was launched on October 23, the Ministry of Rural Development said. The update combines stronger device checks and face verification with offline recording and an exception process for genuine workers who encounter authentication problems.

Developed with technical support from IIT Madras and other technical agencies, the version includes Google Play Integrity checks, protection against cloning or tampering, secure data transmission and liveness detection. These are the ministry's descriptions of the safeguards; they do not establish that every attempted fraudulent entry will be prevented.

The practical issue for workers is connectivity. According to the ministry, attendance can be captured offline where a worksite has no network and uploaded under the prescribed procedure once connectivity is available, after the muster roll closes. An authorised exception route is available for face-authentication failures affecting elderly workers or people with disabilities, and for device problems. The mate or field worker can submit the request through the prescribed process.

The ministry said Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were among nine states recording all worksite attendance through face authentication. This is a government-reported adoption figure, rather than an independent assessment of access or error rates. Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said genuine workers should not lose employment or wages because of network or technical difficulties.

Source: Ministry of Rural Development, via PIB, October 23, 2026. KROV original English/Telugu adaptation of the official release.