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Biometric system pushes up attendance at State Secretariat
- | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018
Around 2,000 people, including 1,865 Secretariat employees and around 120 senior IAS and IPS officers, are working in the Secretariat. And the figures speak for themselves: 17 departments registered more than 75% attendance and the overall attendance is between 69.44% and 79.53%.The State government last year found that more than one-third of employees were absent during May. Various reasons were attributed for the high level of absenteeism including leaving the office early on Fridays. There is a marked improvement in the attendance rate among the employees of the Secretariat. Interestingly, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and the General Administration Department (GAD) were among the 13 departments that registered less than 75% attendance.
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