What unearthed MCD's fake employees scandal

New Delhi News.Net Wednesday 1st July, 2009 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday said the discovery of thousands of bogus employees in the civic body was made possible due to biometric attendance systems. Nearly 45,000 of MCD employees are said to be existing only on the paper and are not traceable, according to reports. MCD standing committee's former chairperson Vijender Gupta Wednesday said the scandal was unearthed after the civic corporation undertook reforms and installed biometric attendance system. In a biometric attendance system, one's finger or card has to be placed on the 'reader' to register presence, and the time the employee comes to offices and goes out of it is recorded. 'As a first step towards good governance, we took a bold and new initiative by introducing the biometric system at a... [read full story]                    

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