Cracking the whip on latecomers, the railway ministry has said it will install Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system across its zones and divisions by January 31 next year.
The Railway Board issued a letter in this regard to all zones on November 3. The biometric attendance system would be first implemented in the offices of all divisions, zones, Metro Rail Kolkata, railways workshop, factories and production units by November 30.
“The plan is to put a check on those arriving late or not coming to work at all,” an official said.
“Once the Aadhaar-based system is installed across the railway zones and divisions by January 31, 2018, this problem can be addressed,” he added.
In the second phase, it will be implemented in all offices of Railways, including public undertakings, attached and subordinate offices by January 31, 2018.
