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The labourers who work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are bearing the brunt of the Union government's push for technology coupled with a lack of digital infrastructure.

The National Mobile Monitoring System application needs to be scrapped because it meets no objective, say experts. Technology must be appropriate for workers and not cause them more pain

A recent order of the Ministry of Rural Development has created a situation where a majority of NREGA workers cannot be paid.