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AROUND 80 employees of the Urban Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation ministries were found missing in office when Minister Venkaiah Naidu conducted a surprise check on Monday (July 28).

After Naidu found such large number of staffers missing, a decision was taken to install biometric attendance system in these ministries besides certain other measures like withdrawing of attendance registers 15 minutes after the due time of reporting and late-comers be marked absent for the day and not paid for the same.

The Minister reached Nirman Bhawan at 9.10 AM and it was found that around 80 staffers were not in their seats, highly placed officials said, adding they would be asked to explain reasons for their absence.

This was the second surprise check at the said ministries by Naidu, who has been focusing on the need for punctuality.

He went around the various floors of Nirman Bhawan in the national capital, which houses the two Indian ministries, during his hour-long tour.

Officials said that while the minister took a serious view of the tendency of absenteeism and coming late for work among the employees, it was also noted that cleanliness and maintenance at Nirman Bhawan has improved since his last inspection on June 12.

An official statement said a large number of personnel in the lower rungs, like section heads and supporting staff, did not report for work on time.

For the inspection, Naidu was accompanied by Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary (Urban Development) and other senior officials of both the ministries.

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