New Delhi, March 24 -- The Central government has authorized the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) to check the attendance data of officials, faculty and students with pharmacy colleges after coming across multiple cases of people using fake IDs.

The PCI has been told to verify if pharmacy colleges are adhering to and implementing the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS). Many pharmacists have been found to have creating fake profiles using the same Aadhaar or PAN number and working as faculty in institutions.

The Union health ministry in a notification said that PCI, the regulator, may access the attendance data of officials, faculty and students of council-approved pharmacy colleges online from the centralized AEBAS.

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