Centre again asks Delhi to resume e-PoS devices in PDS; seeks compliance report by June 30The Delhi government in April 2018 had temporarily suspended distribution of ration through the e-PoS system. The Centre wants the Delhi go...
18 Jun, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
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...
06 Oct, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
No new ration card needed for inter-state portability: Ram Vilas PaswanPaswan, who reviewed the implementation of the initiative, said, "There were reports in some newspapers that new ration cards will be neede...
20 Dec, 2019, 09.35 PM IST
One nation, one ration card: We are creating a central repository of ration cards, says food secretaryRavi Kant, secretary, food & public distribution said that the purpose of one nation, one ration card scheme is to ensure nationwide portab...
17 Nov, 2019, 08.07 AM IST
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...
25 Jul, 2017, 06.51 AM IST
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 ...
30 Jun, 2017, 11.09 AM IST
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...
05 Mar, 2017, 03.27 PM IST
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.
09 Dec, 2016, 07.15 PM IST
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...
21 Nov, 2016, 12.45 AM IST
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15 states yet to install finger scanners at ration shops to plug grain leakageThere are total 5.30 lakh fair price shops across the country and so far 1.24 lakh of them have got e-PoS machines.
08 Jul, 2016, 10.10 AM IST
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.
12 Mar, 2016, 11.15 AM IST
Government to computerise all ration shops by March 2019: Ram Vilas PaswanGovernment aims to computerise the PDS sector to help check pilferages and plug leakages by installing electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devi...
11 Mar, 2016, 05.12 PM IST
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