Thursday, June 3, 2010

No More Mahasu Days, Biometric Attendance In Himachal Secretariat

Shimla: The old order changed and a new one was in place, when on Monday everybody reporting for work at the state secretariat from the humble peon to the chauffer driven Principal Secretary Sahib passed through a biometric machine recorded attendance at the gate to report on time.

“For once there was a rush to report for work on time at the civil secretariat,” said Rohit Sharma, who was out shopping for morning groceries in the nearby Chota Shimla bazaar.

Early bird, Abhay Shukla, additional chief secretary by logging in at 9.52 a.m. was one of the first to report for work.

With government diktats to keep the all powerful secretariat employees at work during all working days having proved a tough condition to enforce, the government has gone in for a technological makeover to guard against absenteeism and furlough.Read Full Story

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