Soon, all government employees in Andhra Pradesh to log their attendance via facial recognition app
2 years, 3 months ago

Soon, all government employees in Andhra Pradesh to log their attendance via facial recognition app

The Hindu  

The State government on Monday mandated 'attendance by photography' for all its employees across the State, starting from the Chief Secretary to the village-level officer. Jawahar Reddy mandated that every government employee mark his/her attendance as per the new directive in order to provide transparent, efficient and time-bound services to the public. They include the State Secretariat, offices of heads of departments, autonomous organisations, Collectorates, all regional, divisional and district offices, local bodies, mandal- and village-level offices, village and ward secretariats including persons working on contract and outsourcing basis, for the purpose of attendance and leave management. The Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department has been entrusted the task of developing the necessary mobile app through the Andhra Pradesh Centre for Financial Systems and Services for all the employees for capturing FaciaI Recognition-based Attendance in consultation with the departments concerned.

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AI-enabled facial recognition system to monitor student attendance in Govt. schools
1 week, 2 days ago

AI-enabled facial recognition system to monitor student attendance in Govt. schools

The Hindu  

The attendance of students in all government and aided schools in the State will be monitored by Artificial Intelligence enabled facial recognition system from the academic year 2025-26. Facial recognition attendance system will also help monitor the number of students benefiting from government schemes such as the distribution of eggs, mid-day meals, shoes, and socks. Recently, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in …

Maha to make biometric attendance mandatory for healthcare staff
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Maha to make biometric attendance mandatory for healthcare staff

Hindustan Times  

Amid complaints about the unavailability of doctors and hospital staff during duty hours, the Maharashtra public health department has announced that biometric attendance will be made mandatory for all medical officers and staff starting April 1, 2025, officials said. A circular was issued by the health department on March 5, 2025, stating that from April 1, salaries will be disbursed …

Telangana Secretariat staff to record attendance through facial recognition
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Secretariat staff to record attendance through facial recognition

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary A Shanthi Kumar on Wednesday informed that the recording of attendance of all regular Secretariat officers and employees including the staff working on outsourcing basis of all departments, for whom payments are being made from the Secretariat Heads of accounts, will be through the Facial Recognition System with effect from December 12. In a note circulated to …

Take employees into confidence before implementing G.O. on app-based attendance, union leaders urge Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary
2 years, 2 months ago

Take employees into confidence before implementing G.O. on app-based attendance, union leaders urge Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary

The Hindu  

Jawahar Reddy released the ‘Revenue Diary - 2023’ and the AP JAC Amaravati calendar on Sunday. Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Services Association and the AP JAC Amaravati Bopparaju Venkateswarlu, Y.V. 159 on facial recognition attendance app for the employees, urged the Chief Secretary to discuss the issue with the employee associations before going ahead with its implementation. The …

Attendance system based on Aadhaar
2 years, 6 months ago

Attendance system based on Aadhaar

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In an attempt to avoid manipulations and irregularities by employees in marking attendance, many organisations, especially central government offices and agencies are shifting to Aadhar enabled biometric attendance solution. Covid pandemic has thrown challenges in terms of attendance and access solutions and these devices support advanced connectivity options that make it appropriate for challenging outdoor applications, said Pankaj Vijay, …

Telangana Minister KTR Calls for Greater Transparency in Govt's Use of Facial Technology
2 years, 10 months ago

Telangana Minister KTR Calls for Greater Transparency in Govt's Use of Facial Technology

News 18  

Telangana’s Information Technology minister KT Rama Rao said one of the most difficult challenges in using technologies like facial recognition in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence is gaining citizens’ trust that the government uses such data in an unbiased manner. It should be noted that European Commission banned facial recognition technology in public settings for up to five years in 2020 …

Odisha: Biometric attendance introduced in higher education department
5 years, 6 months ago

Odisha: Biometric attendance introduced in higher education department

India Today  

The higher education department of Odisha government has introduced biometric attendance recording system for its staff at the Odisha state secretariat Lok Seva Bhawan, officials said on Tuesday. Here's what the notification read: "Every employee is required to record his/her ''Office In'' as well as ''Office Out'' time in the Biometric Attendance Recording Device. A grace period of half an …

Teachers take selfies to mark attendance in UP schools
5 years, 8 months ago

Teachers take selfies to mark attendance in UP schools

India TV News  

Teachers in all government schools in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district have been asked to send their selfies in front of their classrooms to mark their attendance. The system was implemented in May before schools closed for summer vacations, and over 700 teachers have lost one day's salary so far. It has been a practice in Uttar Pradesh under which teachers …

AP staff attendance very poor
8 years, 2 months ago

AP staff attendance very poor

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The biometrics attendance system introduced by the state government seems to be not giving any intended results. The data from Chief Minister’s dashboard shows that overall attendance of the employees across all districts and those still working at Hyderabad was only 38.79 per cent in the last 30 days. According to the data available on the CM’s dashboard, only …

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