Standing in an extended queue exterior the ration store to get the monthly ration has turn out to be a factor of the previous, because the distinctive Annapurti grain ATM installed right here at a good worth store takes mere 30 seconds to dispense wheat and rice to the ration card holder.
The grain ATM was installed in the Jankipuram space of the state capital on March 15, and thus far, it has disbursed grains (rice and wheat) to practically 100-150 ration card holders.
Elaborating additional concerning the grain ATM, which supplies an actual financial institution ATM-like feeling, Pankaj Giri at whose honest worth store the machine is installed, advised PTI, “This grain ATM began on March 15. The authorities has offered it. Before putting in the grain ATM, it took practically 2-3 minutes to give the foodgrains.
“But, now with the grain ATM, this time has come down to 30 seconds. So far, grains have been dispensed to 100-150 ration card holders through the new machine.”
He added that the officers imparted coaching and the operational mechanism of the machine to him, earlier than the graduation of distribution.
“There is no scope of under-weighing of foodgrains, which are being distributed through this grain ATM,” Giri stated and added that even the frequent public (who usually are not ration card holders) turned curious in figuring out concerning the new machine, and its working.
Meanwhile, UP’s minister of state for Food and Civil Supplies Satish Sharma, advised PTI, “Seven such grain ATMs have started functioning in the country. Of these, three are located in UP. These are in Lucknow, Varanasi and Gorakhpur.”
Explaining the working of the machine, Sharma stated that after a ration card holder places his thumb on the ePOS machine on the honest worth store (and the biometric verification is finished), the ration card holder will get 3 kg of rice and a pair of kg of wheat.
“This machine will definitely reduce the under-weighing, a practice which was prevalent earlier, and will infuse transparency, thereby giving the amount of ration to the cardholder, which he/she is entitled to,” Sharma stated.
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