Thursday, March 5, 2015

Status of implementation of the biometric attendance system

The Government has decided to use an AADHAR Enabled Bio-metric Attendance System (AEBAS) in all offices of the Central Government, including attached / sub-ordinate Offices, in India. There is no change in the instructions relating to office hours, late attendance etc. Biometric attendance system is only an enabling platform.
As per the available information, there is a difference between the number of registered employees and number of employees marking their attendance. This Department has issued fresh instructions to all Ministries that necessary directions may be issued to all employees to mark their attendance in the Biometric Attendance Portal on regular basis.
As per the available information, the present status of implementation of the biometric attendance system is as under:
Sr. No
Type of Organizations
No of organizations where employees are marking their attendance
No of organizations where employees are registered but not started marking their attendance
No of organizations on boarded but yet to complete formalities for employees registration
Total
1
Central Government Organizations in Delhi
293
67
129
489
2
Central Government Organizations outside Delhi
76
211
661
948
Total
369
278
790
1437


This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Muthamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Avanthi) in the Lok Sabha today.