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Railway ministry has now become a strict on latecomers from January 31, 2018 onwards. Railway will install Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system across its divisions in every zone.

In a letter issued by Railway board it is clearly stated that all the offices in all divisions, zones, Metro rail Kolkata, railway workshops and factories will be provided by Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system after which every railway employee has to register their attendance through the system only thereby also providing the arrival and departure time of employees.

The letter also mentioned that the biometric system should be integrated and implemented in a way so that it can be monitored by the divisional railway manager's office.

According to the ministry This will put a check on the officials arriving late or not coming at all. Currently this system is already in place in Railway board and few zonal headquarters.