Chaos at MNREGS job sites, as women ‘benched’ due to failure of facial/iris scan

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‘Benched’ women astatine  MNREGS enactment    tract  aft  failing the caller   muster rotation  facial designation  app successful  a panchayat successful  Kelamangalam artifact  successful  Krishnagiri.

‘Benched’ women astatine MNREGS enactment tract aft failing the caller muster rotation facial designation app successful a panchayat successful Kelamangalam artifact successful Krishnagiri. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Chaos began connected Monday, this week, aft the caller Union authorities rules for mandatory facial/iris scan for attendance successful the VB GRAM G (formerly MNREGS) muster rotation came to beryllium enforced successful each NREGS occupation sites.. This entailed the occupation facilitator connected the tract attempting to scan the look and iris of the worker, failing 15 retired of 20 times, costing the women who were rejected their enactment time and wages.

Women grouped into clusters of 10s and 20s depending connected the varying workforce spot were disallowed to work, simply due to the fact that a caller app did not recognise them, adjacent though immoderate of them person been moving for years now.

Published - March 07, 2026 11:24 p.m. IST

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