- Punjab to have PoS at fair price shops
- 18:26 HRS IST
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (PTI) Punjab's food and civil supplies department is in the process of acquiring Point of Sale (PoS) machines for fair price shops to bring transparency in distribution and check pilferage under the PDS.
The machines are handheld devices which will allow Aadhaar authentication at the moment of distribution, ensuring that beneficiaries receive their allocated ration, a spokesperson said.
The PoS machine also has a scale, which will ensure that the beneficiary receives their full amount of ration.
Additionally, these PoS machines allow real time location information, allowing the department to track the movement of food grains from storage godowns to the receipt of ration beneficiary at the Point of Sale, the spokesperson said.
All such information allows for greater transparency and accountability in the scheme, effectively eliminating the chances of pilferage, and increasing the management capability of the department, he said.
The spokesperson said the device related to the computerisation of operations at fair price shops is based on Aadhaar authentication.
All fair price shops (FPSs) will be equipped with PoS terminals for the purpose of authenticating and verifying beneficiaries before commodity distribution, he said.
One crucial feature of the process is that the closing balances were updated in database through all PoS transaction from FPS.
PoS terminal comes with in-built finger print scanner designed for Public Distribution System (PDS) and all Aadhaar based transactions, the spokesperson said.
It was based on charge coupled device (CCD) finger print and comes with connectivity options like GSM/GPRS, CDMA and Ethernet, he said.
Apart from this, POS supports interfaces with all types of payment gateways and Aadhaar server with related logical interfaces for magnetic stripe reader and smart card reader for Aadhaar authentication.
Spokesperson said that it would reduce diversion, besides ensuring transparency in the movement of wheat from de-centralised procurement (DCP) godown to the Point of Sale.
The machines are handheld devices which will allow Aadhaar authentication at the moment of distribution, ensuring that beneficiaries receive their allocated ration, a spokesperson said.
The PoS machine also has a scale, which will ensure that the beneficiary receives their full amount of ration.
Additionally, these PoS machines allow real time location information, allowing the department to track the movement of food grains from storage godowns to the receipt of ration beneficiary at the Point of Sale, the spokesperson said.
All such information allows for greater transparency and accountability in the scheme, effectively eliminating the chances of pilferage, and increasing the management capability of the department, he said.
The spokesperson said the device related to the computerisation of operations at fair price shops is based on Aadhaar authentication.
All fair price shops (FPSs) will be equipped with PoS terminals for the purpose of authenticating and verifying beneficiaries before commodity distribution, he said.
One crucial feature of the process is that the closing balances were updated in database through all PoS transaction from FPS.
PoS terminal comes with in-built finger print scanner designed for Public Distribution System (PDS) and all Aadhaar based transactions, the spokesperson said.
It was based on charge coupled device (CCD) finger print and comes with connectivity options like GSM/GPRS, CDMA and Ethernet, he said.
Apart from this, POS supports interfaces with all types of payment gateways and Aadhaar server with related logical interfaces for magnetic stripe reader and smart card reader for Aadhaar authentication.
Spokesperson said that it would reduce diversion, besides ensuring transparency in the movement of wheat from de-centralised procurement (DCP) godown to the Point of Sale.