EG Fair Price Shops to have POS system
Kakinada: Ration distribution system by
identifying the beneficiaries based on the thumb impression with the
help of Aadhar special number data would be implemented in the public
distribution system in East Godavari district for the first time in the
country, East Godavari District Collector Neetu Kumari Prasad said.
She along with the Joint Collector Babu A inspected the equipment which would be used for Aadhar-based fingerprint authentication with Infronics Systems limited as per the suggestions made by the state civil supplies commissioner in Kakinada on Tuesday.
This equipment, which is called as PDS-Point of sale (POS), will provide real time confirmation immediately by inspecting the thumb impression of the ration beneficiaries online. This will confirm by matching the thumb impression of the beneficiary with Aadhar number data through GPRS without internet connection.
This equipment is having High quality optical sensor, printer, GPRS connectivity along with smart card interface. It will also print two receipts along with the confirmation of thumb impression.
This system will also facilitate portability for the ration beneficiary to take ration from anywhere in the State. It will also make online reconciliation of the information from commissioner allotment in the distribution of civil supplies to the distribution to the beneficiary as well as the closing stock of the shop. There will be no chance for irregularities in the distribution of the ration in this biometric system.
Joint Collector Babu A informed that this system would be implemented in 21 ration depots in the district on an experimental basis. He said that 51 lakh people registered for Aadhar biometric in the district and added that Aadhar identification numbers were generated for 41 lakh people.
He informed that the Aadhar data of these people would be interlinked with civil supplies data and would be utilized in PDS-POS process.
She along with the Joint Collector Babu A inspected the equipment which would be used for Aadhar-based fingerprint authentication with Infronics Systems limited as per the suggestions made by the state civil supplies commissioner in Kakinada on Tuesday.
This equipment, which is called as PDS-Point of sale (POS), will provide real time confirmation immediately by inspecting the thumb impression of the ration beneficiaries online. This will confirm by matching the thumb impression of the beneficiary with Aadhar number data through GPRS without internet connection.
This equipment is having High quality optical sensor, printer, GPRS connectivity along with smart card interface. It will also print two receipts along with the confirmation of thumb impression.
This system will also facilitate portability for the ration beneficiary to take ration from anywhere in the State. It will also make online reconciliation of the information from commissioner allotment in the distribution of civil supplies to the distribution to the beneficiary as well as the closing stock of the shop. There will be no chance for irregularities in the distribution of the ration in this biometric system.
Joint Collector Babu A informed that this system would be implemented in 21 ration depots in the district on an experimental basis. He said that 51 lakh people registered for Aadhar biometric in the district and added that Aadhar identification numbers were generated for 41 lakh people.
He informed that the Aadhar data of these people would be interlinked with civil supplies data and would be utilized in PDS-POS process.