The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is mulling withholding salaries of employees who have not registered on the Aadhaar-Based Biometric Attendance System (ABBAS) or are failing to mark their daily attendance, officials said on Thursday.
The move comes as more than two-thirds of the civic body’s workforce repeatedly fail to mark their daily biometric attendance. The NDMC chairman issued the directive to all department heads.
According to officials, earlier this week, out of 13,376 employees across NDMC departments, only 4,352 marked their attendance, while 9,024 did not.
The Civil Engineering Department recorded the highest number of employees not marking attendance, with 1,913 of its 2,789 staff members failing to register their presence.
Next was the Public Health Department, where 1,656 of 2,061 employees did not mark their attendance.
The Electricity Department reported that 1,491 of its 1,939 employees failed to mark attendance, while the corresponding figures for the Education and Horticulture departments stood at 1,158 out of 1,810 and 848 out of 1,279.
According to an official, the council noticed many employees were arriving late and leaving early.
The NDMC has asked department heads to review workers’ attendance and ensure salaries of non-compliant employees are not processed until they fulfil the attendance requirements.
The Information Technology Director also shared instructions and monitoring access with department heads to help them track attendance online.