No UID, no salary for govt staff

Employees say June-end deadline too short a time to register for Unique Identification card

No UID, no salary for govt staff

Employees say June-end deadline too short a time to register for Unique Identification card

A government resolution making Unique Identification (UID) card a must for all its employees before the end of the month has left the staff scrambling for forms to complete the enrollment. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have issued circulars to its employees stating their salaries would not be deposited unless they enrolled for the UID card.u00a0

The employees, however, complained that not only the forms, even the machines meant for biometric scanning of citizens were not to be had. They now fear that for no fault of their own, their salaries would be held back.Police Sub-Inspector Nu00a0 R lavande, who is in-charge of accomplishing the formalities for the GRP, said, "Since last Friday we are in constant touch with the Bank of Maharashtra'su00a0 Chatuhshrungi Branch for the forms, but they have said the forms will only be available on Wednesday. If this is the case, then filling of forms will take days together, as our staff is located at various destinations, including Lonavala, Dehu Road, Pimpri, Chinchwad and Nira outpost."

An official on condition of anonymity said the distribution of forms is done in tandem with the availability of machines and the circulation is restricted when the machines are not available. "We have issued a circular to all our 18,500 employees that their salary for the month of June will not be deposited unless they get the UID card," said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Pravin Ashtikar, who is the nodal officer for the UID project in the city.u00a0

"Right now, we have 112 machines as against 381. We will get 45 to 50 additional machines by the end of the month. But I won't be able to say how many PMC employees have enrolled for the UID card." He said 1,80,000 residents from the city had enrolled for the UID card.The Pune district administration said 3,39,000 had enrolled so far for the UID card from the rural areas. Deputy Collector Apurva Wankhede, nodal officer for the UID project for Pune District, said the department was short of at least 100 machines.

Not in the know
MiD DAY contacted Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Anant Shinde, who also holds the charge of ACP (Admin), to know whether a similar circular was issued to the city police. "I have to check with my officers about GR," he said.

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