x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   With NC leadership treading cautiously, Centre poised for generous funding to J&K | CM holds pre-budget consultation with public representatives | LG Sinha directs security forces to crush terrorism | Court awards 7-yrs imprisonment in minor’s rape case | GOC Sachdeva leads wreath-laying ceremony of martyrs | Soldier son martyred in IED attack 2 months before marriage | Need to develop new concepts for future warfare: CDS Chauhan | Judicial officers’ pension: UPS notified, Centre tells SC | No discrimination in education: SC | Statehood won’t end terrorism in J&K: Farooq | Scope for domestic industry to indigenise solutions: Navy Chief | Man killed in Ramban accident | Rusted mortar shell found | Theft accused dies in Jammu hospital | Doda Taekwondo Team clinches 25 medals at 27th J&K UT Taekwondo Championships | KU organizes free medical camp for community health awareness | BGSBU holds awareness program on new criminal laws | Ayodhya Ram Temple Head Priest Mahant Das Passes Away | Dr. Darakhshan Launches ‘Soun Alamdar’ Video Featuring Verses of Nund Reshi | NCR Transport Corporation starts power supply to Shatabdi Nagar for Namo Bharat trains | AB-PMJAY Under Scanner | Pakistan in frustration trying to derail peace in J&K: Kavinder | Vikram Randhawa calls for spreading message of love & compassion on Guru Ravi Dass Jayanti | Health Minister addresses annual day celebration | Sadhotra Mourns Martyrdom of Army Personnel in Akhnoor | At Maha Kumbh, religious leaders, experts to discuss ways to tackle climate change on Feb 16 | CAT Directs Education Dept to appoint petitioner for land taken for school | Dr Rachna Sabharwal becomes first NABL Assessor from J&K | Four gamblers arrested by Bakshi Nagar police | BLSKS presents Mega Musical Play 'Kathothi Main Ganga' | 38th Convocation of IGNOU to be held on 5th March, 2025 | Vi adds baggage protection to International Roaming packs | BSS celebrates 130th birth anniversary of Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj | Apni Party leaders visit fire victims in Sonamarg | Sadguru Madhuparamhans Ji Maharaj enlightens congregation on Poornima | Samba police arrested bovine smuggler | JU triumphs in North Zone Inter-University Cricket | PSPS, GCW, Gandhinagar launches Retail Management Training Program | Galgotias University honors NCC Cadets for Republic Day Parade | Udhampur district wins 14 medals at 27th J&K UT Taekwondo Championship | MCM pays tribute to Swami Dayanand on his 201st birth anniversary | LPU hosts JUGNI: Celebrating India-Kazakhstan Cultural Exchange | Kerala enter Ranji Trophy semis on back of 1-run first innings lead over J&K | Back Issues  
 
news details
HODs' reluctance makes Aadhar mandatory for biometric attendance
6/25/2018 11:46:55 PM
Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 25: Though the latest direction of government has made biometric attendance compulsory (not Aadhar based) for all government employees, the reluctance shown by the heads of the departments, is ultimately making Aadhar mandatory for biometric attendance.
Moreover, the state government has no such software available which could provide options to employees to mark their biometric attendance rather than Aadhar cards.
Most of the government employees, who have been marking their attendance on JKattendance portal informed Early Times that on this portal there was no option of marking attendance rather than Aadhar. The front page of portal reads Aadhar based biometric attendance.
The Finance department on June 22 issued an order making biometric attendance compulsory. It is unambiguously directing that Aadhar was not mandatory for marking biometric attendance but there is no other option left for employees to mark their attendance other than Aadhar based, an employee said, adding that the IT department has no software for marking attendance rather than Aadhar.
Across the state, most of the department have installed only the Aadhar based biometric attendance system and they are not in any frame of mind to purchase new biometric attendance machines, in which Aadhar would not be mandatory.
"The Head of departments are seemingly reluctant to purchase the new machines but they are becoming very particular to implement the order of June 22. In the order it is also mentioned that salaries would not be released if biometric attendance would not be completed", the employee said, adding that in absence of other biometric attendance machines, Aadhar has been becoming mandatory for marking the attendance.
An official working in civil secretariat said that he had to wait for one hour to mark his attendance through Aadhar. "In Kashmir valley, time and again internet services are snapped, in such case, when there are no other options of marking biometric attendance rather than Aadhar, how the employee would get salary? Moreover in many far flung areas, there is no internet availability and how such employees would mark their attendance through Aadhar, which operates only through internet services", the employee said, adding that they asked their Head of Department to purchase new machine from the market, but he showed his reluctance and asked to mark attendance through Aadhar.
Secretary of Information and Technology department, Suagat Bishwas said that the HODs of all departments could purchase the biometric attendance machines from open market. "It is easily available and it is up-to the HODs to purchase these machines which could run without Aadhar", Bishwas said.
An official working in IT department said that if the HODs would be asked to keep check on the biometric attendance, then s/he could easily manipulate the attendance. "Ultimately the motive of making biometric attendance would be defeated", he said, adding that the state government must formulate a new software monitored centrally by IT department.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU