Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Health Department will now release salaries of employees based on their attendance recorded thrice on the Aadhaar-Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS). There are 3,230 hospitals and offices under the Health Department with over 65,000 people as staff.
A circular to this effect has been issued yesterday and all Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) have been directed to release the salaries only on the basis of the employee’s attendance recorded on AEBAS. This follows a direction by Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar, who reviewed the Department’s functioning. “This move is to increase accountability and bring about a qualitative change in the Department,” the Minister said.
