The government has directed all central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) to ensure that their employees are enrolled under the Aadhaar scheme.
A circular issued by the Department of Public Enterprises said Aadhaar should be used for various purposes, including attendance and salary disbursement.
“Administrative ministries/departments concerned with CPSEs are requested to advise CPSEs under their administrative jurisdiction to adopt Aadhaar card for enrolment to CPSEs employees and contract/daily workers for various purposes like attendance/ payment of wages, PF, ESI etc.” the circular said.
There are around 13.51 lakh employees, excluding contractual workers in 290 CPSEs. According to Public Enterprise (PE) Survey 2014, salary and wages went up in all CPSEs from Rs 1.16 lakh crore in 2012-13 to Rs 1.21 lakh crore in 2013-14, showing a growth of 4.02 per cent. However, Director General of apex public sector body SCOPE said, “For linking contractual employees with Aadhaar, a system will have to be put in place to streamline their wages”.
He, however, added that it is a good move as it will provide social security to public sector employees.