The direct transfer will help in automatically revealing how many staff in what category, scale and gender etc were paid, says officials
In a bid to crack down on the menace of "ghost employees", the North civic body is all set to pay salaries to its employees directly through a single click. The civic body is going to launch the system on Thursday and for this it has tied up with the Union Bank to facilitate the transactions.
At present, officials said, the salaries are usually delayed and are paid in a number of slots with some getting it early and others having to wait indefinitely.
The direct transfer will help in automatically revealing how many staff in what category, scale and gender etc were paid, said officials.
"The direct transfer will throw up details of all the employees from the top to the level of sanitation workers. Until now, the salary would come to each zone from the headquarters and will then be sent to staff in different slots through RTGS. This was a complex and time-taking system allowing scope for corruption, which will now end with the new system," said a senior officer.
The MCD has been marred by the concept of invisible or "ghost employees" in the past. "The concept of ghost employees, which mainly was highlighted in the case of people getting employed as safai karmacharis and not showing up or labourers at construction sites, ended with the introduction of biometric attendance. However, to cut down on the long and tedious process leading to delay in paying off salaries, as well as to leave no scope for corruption, we decided to introduce the new system of direct transfer," the officer said.
Officials also said that they are planning to link the biometric system with Aadhaar cards to ensure there are no loopholes in attendance.
The Delhi High Court had earlier pulled up the civic body asking the corporations to monitor the attendance of the sanitation staff. The Court had observed that there was a "huge manpower" of cleaning staff — 15,000 in East MCD; 26,000 in North MCD and 23,000 South MCD. Despite this, the court contended, the city remained full of garbage.
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- Delhi High Court had earlier pulled up the civic body asking the corporations to monitor the attendance of the sanitation staff as they had “huge manpower” despite which the city remained full of garbage
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