Sanjeev Kumar Verma,
PATNA: To ensure punctuality among employees of urban local bodies (ULBs), the state urban development department has decided to introduce
biometric attendance system. In the first phase, the system would be introduced in all the 11 municipal corporations of the state.
The new system entails introduction of hand-held biometric devices which will have fingerprints of employees stored in them. The moment an employee would touch the device, the gadget would match the finger impression with that of the stored data and if both match, the attendance would be recorded.
The system would be applicable for both the field and office employees and an official would be assigned the task of registering the attendance using the device.
Needless to say, the new system would make latecomers mend their ways. It would also help check cases of impersonation as it has been reported that many sanitation staff send someone else from their family to do their job.
"We have already invited expression of interest from agencies specialising in such devices and the process of procuring the devices should be over in a month," Bihar Urban Development Agency (BUDA) director D K Shukla told TOI on Thursday.
BUDA, which works under the urban development department, has also planned to upload the data recorded by the attendance registration devices to the website of the urban development department in real time. "Apart from helping senior officials to keep a tab on the punctuality of ULBs' staff, the information on the website can also be used by common people to know how many field officials of their area are actually present on a given day," he added.
To begin with, 20 such devices would be procured for Patna Municipal Corporation and 10 devices each for other municipal corporations. "Based on the experience, we would think about introducing a similar system for other ULBs of the state," Shukla said.
PATNA: To ensure punctuality among employees of urban local bodies (ULBs), the state urban development department has decided to introduce
biometric attendance system. In the first phase, the system would be introduced in all the 11 municipal corporations of the state.
The new system entails introduction of hand-held biometric devices which will have fingerprints of employees stored in them. The moment an employee would touch the device, the gadget would match the finger impression with that of the stored data and if both match, the attendance would be recorded.
The system would be applicable for both the field and office employees and an official would be assigned the task of registering the attendance using the device.
Needless to say, the new system would make latecomers mend their ways. It would also help check cases of impersonation as it has been reported that many sanitation staff send someone else from their family to do their job.
"We have already invited expression of interest from agencies specialising in such devices and the process of procuring the devices should be over in a month," Bihar Urban Development Agency (BUDA) director D K Shukla told TOI on Thursday.
BUDA, which works under the urban development department, has also planned to upload the data recorded by the attendance registration devices to the website of the urban development department in real time. "Apart from helping senior officials to keep a tab on the punctuality of ULBs' staff, the information on the website can also be used by common people to know how many field officials of their area are actually present on a given day," he added.
To begin with, 20 such devices would be procured for Patna Municipal Corporation and 10 devices each for other municipal corporations. "Based on the experience, we would think about introducing a similar system for other ULBs of the state," Shukla said.
Source: TNN 16 October 2009
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