Government Rolls Out Upgraded NMMS App with AI and Liveness Detection for VB-G RAM G; Farmer ID Drive Nears 11-Crore Milestone

Key facts

• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched an enhanced security-focused version of the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app for recording worker attendance under VB-G RAM G, developed with technical support from IIT Madras.
• The upgraded app integrates Google Play Integrity, device-level security checks, secure data transmission, safeguards against cloning and tampering, AI-based face verification and liveness detection to curb fraudulent attendance.
• The app allows offline attendance recording in areas without network connectivity and provides an authorised exception mechanism when face authentication fails for elderly workers, persons with disabilities, or when devices malfunction.
• Face authentication was introduced in the NMMS app in March 2026; Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have achieved 100% face-authenticated attendance recording.
• The latest version builds on a security update released in the last week of September 2026.
• The VB-G RAM G scheme, implemented across all rural areas from July 1, 2026, has generated nearly 46 crore person-days, of which about 40 crore were recorded through face authentication, at 31.23 lakh worksites across more than 2.41 lakh Gram Panchayats.
• Employment has been provided to more than 3.65 crore workers from 2.89 crore rural households under VB-G RAM G.
• The Centre allocated ₹95,692 crore for the scheme in FY 2026-27; with states' share the total provision exceeds ₹1.51 lakh crore, and a mother sanction of ₹26,126 crore has been issued as the first instalment.
• Wage payments require multi-layered verification including an AI-based photo de-duplication module, electronic Measurement Book (e-MB) records of actual work, and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to workers' bank accounts.
• States have been directed to monitor use of suspicious or unauthorised applications and initiate criminal proceedings where misuse is detected.
• India has generated 10 crore 99 lakh 70 thousand Farmer IDs, within 30,000 of the 11-crore target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for December 2027, more than a year ahead of the deadline.