Employees say June-end deadline too short a time to register for Unique Identification card

A government resolution making Unique Identification (UID) card a must for all its employees before the end of the month has left the staff scrambling for forms to complete the enrollment. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have issued circulars to its employees stating their salaries would not be deposited unless they enrolled for the UID card.u00a0

The employees, however, complained that not only the forms, even the machines meant for biometric scanning of citizens were not to be had. They now fear that for no fault of their own, their salaries would be held back.Police Sub-Inspector Nu00a0 R lavande, who is in-charge of accomplishing the formalities for the GRP, said, "Since last Friday we are in constant touch with the Bank of Maharashtra'su00a0 Chatuhshrungi Branch for the forms, but they have said the forms will only be available on Wednesday. If this is the case, then filling of forms will take days together, as our staff is located at various destinations, including Lonavala, Dehu Road, Pimpri, Chinchwad and Nira outpost."

An official on condition of anonymity said the distribution of forms is done in tandem with the availability of machines and the circulation is restricted when the machines are not available. "We have issued a circular to all our 18,500 employees that their salary for the month of June will not be deposited unless they get the UID card," said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Pravin Ashtikar, who is the nodal officer for the UID project in the city.u00a0