No Attendance, No Salary: MC Chandigarh makes Aadhaar-based biometric attendance mandatory from this date

Babushahi Bureau

Chandigarh, October 25, 2025: In a major move towards ensuring transparency and accountability, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) has announced that from November 1, 2025, all employees — including regular, contractual, outsourced, and field staff — must mark their attendance through the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) using facial authentication.

The decision, taken under the directions of Sh. Amit Kumar, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, mandates that salaries will now be directly linked to biometric attendance records, leaving no room for manual marking or proxy attendance.

The new system will utilize facial authentication via personal smartph

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