Starting June 1, 2025, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) is flipping the attendance game. If you’re an MC employee and skip the biometric attendance, don’t expect your salary. It’s as simple — and as strict — as that. This new rule is all about cracking down on absenteeism and ghost employees who’ve been quietly draining public funds for too long.

From Casual Check-Ins to Must-Do Digital Punches

Earlier, biometric attendance felt more like a formality. Office staff would clock in digitally, but field workers? They just scribbled their names in notebooks or sometimes skipped altogether. That loose system is history. Since April 1, every employee, from permanent staff to contractual and outsourced workers, must punch in using the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS).

Come June, this won’t just be a checkbox—it’ll decide who gets paid and who doesn’t. No more excuses, no more backdoors.

Selfies Are the New Timecards

Here’s a twist: the system isn’t just about thumbprints. Employees need to mark attendance using facial recognition on their smartphones, via NIC’s AadhaarBAS or AadhaarFaceRD app. Yep, your selfie will determine if your salary hits the bank or not. It’s a tech-savvy, foolproof way to ensure transparency and accountability.

So, unless you’ve figured out how to clone your face, this new system means business.

Ghost Employees and Absentees—Your Days Are Numbered

Municipal Commissioner Amit Kumar put it bluntly in the recent review meeting: the real target is ghost employees and those who take “leave” a little too often. Councillors have long been complaining about disappearing staff, especially field workers who rarely show up. This biometric crackdown aims to catch them red-handed and save taxpayer money.

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Money Matters: A Financial Wake-Up Call

With MC’s salary bills ballooning, especially for outsourced staff, this move is also about money management. A full manpower audit is in the works to right-size the workforce and plug salary leaks. Every rupee spent should go to real workers doing real work, plain and simple.

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Why It Matters: Cleaner, Leaner, More Accountable MC

This isn’t just about attendance—it’s a step toward a cleaner, more efficient civic body. With rising accountability and shrinking loopholes, Chandigarh’s municipal employees are being pushed to show up—literally and figuratively. As June 1 approaches, skipping work might finally have serious consequences.

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