Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department overseeing the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Jammu and Kashmir has sounded an alarm over the circulation of unauthorized clone applications being misused in place of the official "National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS)" app in the Kashmir.

According to officials, these illegal applications are being sold to individuals for monetary consideration and are allegedly used to generate fake attendance records of workers under the scheme.

"Such practices not only compromise the integrity of MGNREGA but also severely affect the transparency and credibility of the system," officials said.

Taking serious note of th...