Delhi govt starts survey to check for inactive ration cards"We have initiated an exercise to start field inspection of those beneficiaries who have not been taking ration regularly for three months....
Free ration distribution to begin in UP from ThursdayThis relief to the poorer section is being provided under the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY). The ration will be distribu...
UP food & civil supplies department to be given Digital India Award by President Kovind on Dec 30The chief minister's office said in a tweet on Saturday the department has been recognised for its e-POS (Points of Sale) based food distri...
Airtel Payments Bank eases transactions for merchantsMerchants can select the Smart ePOS option in the Airtel Payments app, and a QR code will appear on the mobile screen for the payments to b...
Delhi PDS server hits capacity issues despite high Aadhaar reliability: StudyThe study found that the Aadhaar authentication attempts for around 1.55 million ration cards were made in Delhi’s AePDS in March 2018.
Stop ration for those who didn't avail it for 3 months: Delhi govtThe direction was issued after the department's data showed that around 4 lakh ration card holders did not collect their ration for two mon...
Government mulls LPG-like subsidy transfer for PDS foodgrainThe beneficiaries will get the subsidy amount in advance in their bank accounts and they will have to buy the foodgrains from any ration sh...
Aadhaar ousts fake ration beneficiariesTill June end, little over 2.2 lakh of the total 5.27 lakh ration shops had e-PoS machines, which are used to check the identity of ration ...
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan apprises Parliament panel about PDS reformsRam Vilas Paswan informed the members about steps being taken for making PDS more effective so that benefits reach the intended beneficiari...
Aadhaar cards-linked device to check PDS pilferageIn the second phase, the e-POS system will be extended to block headquarters and in the third phase all panchayats will be covered, officia...
Tata Trusts, Uttar Pradesh government join hands to strengthen public distribution system systemTata Trusts have installed electronic Point of Sale devices (ePOS) to ensure operation of an Aadhaar-enabled Public Distribution System.
Centre wants ration shops to become micro ATMsThe remaining fair price shops are supposed to be fitted with ePOS machines by 2019, creating the biggest possible addition to micro ATM ne...
Delegation studies Aadhar-linked DBT prog in Andhra Pradesh villagesThe Krishna district has been chosen as a pilot by the Government of India for implementation of Aadhar-linked DBT scheme.
Digitization helps government weed out 1.6 crore fake ration cards, plug foodgrain leakDBT helped save Rs 13 crore in three UTs, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, since it was launched last year, according to foo...
Ration shops to be fully computerised by '19: GovernmentPaswan said ePOS costs around Rs 20,000 and there are different provisions to install them as states can also do so by buying such devices.
Vinod Khosla evinces interest in Andhra Pradesh e-governance projectsThe state govt is already working with Khosla Labs for innovative applications on point of sale devices for fair price shops, a release fro...
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