Biometric machine
installation at govt offices at snail’s pace
VIJAYAWADA: The
State government has implemented the biometric attendance systems in government offices with much
fanfare, but now many systems are not working properly. Despite the Chief
Minister’s order during the Collectors’ conference, many of the biometric attendance system are yet to be repaired.
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Furious
over the issue, Chief secretary Dinesh Kumar has directed the officials to
repair the damaged machines by November 1. Interestingly, of the total 44
departments of the State government, only 10 have been implementing the system
in the offices under them.
While
Education and Social Welfare departments came top, Municipal and other
departments fare badly in the implementation. The biometric
attendance system, which was launched in AP Secretariat as part of the
real-time monitoring policy of the State government and the Digital India
campaign, was extended to district level government offices in October 1 after
the Chief Minister’s order.
Though biometric
attendance system were implemented in 90% of the
educational institutions in the State, they are yet to be launched in many
schools in the Agency areas.
Over 60% of the Health
Department offices and hospitals have implemented biometric
attendance system so far. Though all the general hospitals like
King Geroge Hospital in Visakhapatnam, Government General Hospital in Guntur,
Government Hospital Kakinada, Government General Hospital of Vijayawada, Rajiv
Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), Visakha institute of Medical
Sciences (VIMS) and area hospitals have successfully implemented the biometric
systems for registering attendance of employees, the Primary Healthcare Centres
in the State have failed to do the same.
In the transport department, the biometric system
was implemented in DTC offices in Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, and but not in the
RTAs and brake inspector offices. While the biometric system
were implemented in PNBS main office and RTC Regional Manager offices, RTC
depots in various places are yet to implement the new system of attendance.The
Forest Department has recently started implementation of biometric
attendance system in its district offices. The systems were
implemented in 95% of social welfare hostels.
In case of the Municipal department, the digital attendance systems were
implemented at the offices of Municipal Corporations including Greater
Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation,
Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation, Kakinada Municipal Corporation,
Nellore Municipal Corporation, Anantapur Municipal Corporation, Tirupathi
Municipal Corporation and Grade I municipal offices. At the same time, small
municipal offices have failed to implement biometric attendance system.
Same is the case with the Panchayat Raj Department as many Panchayat
offices are yet to launch the biometric attendance system.
According to Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar, the attendance
of employees and other important issues are directly connected with the CM
dashboard as part of the real-time governance of the State government to ensure
transparency. The Chief Secretary directed the officials concerned to have the
biometric attendance machinery checked and have the faulty ones replaced at the
earliest. He wanted them to maintain a uniform system without any discrepancies
“The government institutions such as schools, hospitals,
hostels, and offices should be monitored using the biometric systems. It will
ensure transparency,” said AP Gazetted Employees Association president R
Krishnayya. Now, after two months of Chief Ministers s order, the
officials are succeeded in implementing the systems completely at the State
Secretariat. The digital attendance monitoring systems were also launched at
the Collectorates and offices of Head of the departments.
Reference: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2017/oct/27/biometric-machine-installation-at-govt-offices-at-snails-pace-1684241.html
