Posted at: May 13 2015 2:30AM
How the system works
Over 100 such devices have been installed in UT offices. Based on the Aadhaar system, that is GPRS and WiFi enabled, the new system logs the entry and exit time of employees and tracks chronic latecomers.
Rajmeet Singh
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
Bringing in new accountability and transparency in the functioning of government offices from tomorrow, UT employees will mark their attendance though the Aadhaar Attendance Management System.
Over 100 such devices have been installed in UT offices. Based on the Aadhaar system, that is GPRS and WiFi enabled, the new system logs the entry and exit time of the employees and tracks chronic latecomers. Around 5,500 employees will be covered under the project and around 500 such machines will be installed.
Initially, the employees posted at the UT Secretariat, Sector 9, and the Estate Office, Sector 17, will mark their attendance through the smart device that authenticates an employee’s identity on the basis of the picture taken and matches it with the unique identity number of the employee.
“If any employee of the Estate Office has gone to the UT Secretariat on duty, he can mark his attendance there. It will automatically get stored in central data. Such devices are being installed in the offices of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh Housing Board, CITCO, and government hospitals in Sectors 16 and 32,” said an official.
Officials in the Department of Information and Technology, who are overseeing the project, said the system enabled heads of departments (HODs) to access the real-time data on employees' attendance while sitting in their offices. All employees, barring the HODs, will have to mark thier attendance on the new system.
“The system facilitates search, down to the names of individual employees, and all data can be downloaded. The public reporting of data creates pressure on supervisors to ensure compliance. The moment the attendance is marked, a message comes on the registered mobile number,” said an official.
The new system will replace the earlier installed biometric attendance system.