SIR: Kartavya app forces BLOs to report to office twice for attendance
Government employees in Karnataka serving as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are facing logistical challenges due to a mandatory app-based attendance system. The system requires them to check in at their primary workplace, complicating their field duties for the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
Why it matters
It highlights the friction between rigid digital governance tools and the practical realities of field-based public service.
While the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has already begun in the State, government employees, particularly those from the Education Department besides others, who have been roped in as Booth Level Officers (BLOs), will still have to report to their workplaces to mark their attendance, as the AI-powered Kartavya app, officially known as the Karnataka Advanced Attendance Management System (KAAMS), requires employees to take a selfie to mark attendance strictly within a 100- to 150-metre radius of their designated workplace.
The article presents the government's policy and the employees' grievances neutrally.
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