Karnataka: Mandya Zilla Panchayat directs over 2 lakh MGNREGA workers to complete e-KYC

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The Mandya Zilla Panchayat (ZP) connected Thursday said e-KYC verification has been made mandatory for each progressive occupation paper holders nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA).

Mandya ZP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nandini K.R. said that each subordinate registered nether MGNREGA successful 233 gram panchayats successful the district must implicit their e-KYC verification by October 31.

e-KYC, or Electronic-Know Your Customer, is an online process that authenticates a person’s individuality and code through Aadhaar-based integer verification. The determination aims to streamline attendance and wage disbursement of workers done integer systems, a property merchandise said.

A directive from the Ministry of Rural Development said that attendance of workers engaged successful MGNREGA works is present being captured done the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app. The Ministry had earlier launched the NMMS–e-KYC update on a aviator ground successful six districts successful the State, and it is present being extended to each different districts successful a phased rollout pursuing its success, according to the release.

The Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj has instructed each gram panchayats to implicit the e-KYC process for MGNREGA workers wrong the stipulated time.

In the release, officials person clarified that lone those workers whose Aadhaar fig and facial verification match connected the NMMS app volition beryllium marked contiguous during attendance signaling astatine worksites. Workers who neglect to implicit the e-KYC process by the deadline will not beryllium capable to people their attendance through the NMMS app from November 1, the merchandise added.

Mandya territory presently has 2,00,697 progressive MGNREGA workers, who person been asked to visit their respective gram panchayats with their Aadhaar and occupation cards to implicit e-KYC without delay, the ZP CEO said.

Published - October 09, 2025 08:04 p.m. IST

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