Central Government
employees’ attendance surveillance system goes online
An electronic surveillance system to keep
track of punctuality of government officials will become fully operational by
the month end as part of Narendra Modi Government’s efforts to discipline
employees.
Online trial run of the live biometric
attendance system (BAS) have begun and attendance of over 50,000 employees from
148 departments can be viewed online. The system uses fingerprints to ensure
that employees physically turn up and do not use proxies.
“BAS for central employees will be fully
functional by the end of this month,” Dep Secretary Ram Sevak Sharma informed.
The website, attendance.gov.in, is hooked up
to computers in government offices that will identify employees through their
fingerprint and unique identity number (Aadhaar).
It displays a dynamic, real-time chart of how
many people are at work. It is also possible check when an individual checks in
and logs out of the system.
The programme is currently being implemented
in the central government offices located in the national capital and will
eventually expand to all central Government employees across the country.
Wall mounted bio-metric attendance terminals
have been installed in government buildings. Government employees can mark
their attendance in any of the buildings where biometric terminals are
installed.
So far, over 50,000 employees have registered
on the site, he said, adding that around 10,000 more are expected to join this
month.
The system will start with tracking attendance
of central government employees stationed in the national capital, he said.
According to the information available on the
attendance web portal, as many as 148 central government organisations have
registered themselves for the same.
So far, about 50,027 employees have registered
on the portal, of the total 66,353 employees. Out of the registered users,
47,644 employees are Aadhaar verified
source : indianexpress.com