The State government has decided to install e-PoS (point of sale) machines in all the 17,200 fair price shops in the State to check misuse and control of supplies in the shops.
The e-POS machines installed in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) by the civil supplies were yielding good results. On a pilot basis, similar e-PoS machines were installed in all the fair price shops in Mahabubnagar district, Civil Supplies Commissioner C. V. Anand told newsmen here on Friday.
Following the success of the Mahabubnagar pilot, the government has decided to install e-POS machines across the State to check misuse of the supplies and check fake beneficiaries. The machines would recognize fingerprints of the beneficiaries and they were adding Iris scanner, electronic weighing machine, swiping Aadhaar enabled system and other features, he added.
Paddy procurement
With regard to the procurement of paddy from the farmers during the rabi season, he said that they had made arrangements for the procurement of record 43 lakh metric tonnes of paddy across the State.
Expecting a bumper harvest, they had procured 9.25 crore gunny bags in the first phase and bought another 1.5 crore bags to meet the demand, he said and added that there was no shortage of gunny bags in any part of the state.
He said that the farmers were very happy following the procurement of paddy from their doorstep through 3,090 procurement centres and online payment as per the minimum support price fixed by the government.
Lorry owners have also supported in the transportation of paddy to the godowns and mills and procurement process would be completed within another 10 to 15 days, the Commissioner said.
Mr. Anand conducted a review meeting with the Civil Supplies Department of Karimnagar district. Earlier, he visited the Peddapalli town and reviewed the procurement of paddy with the officials. He also inspected a rice mill in Sultanabad mandal of Peddapalli district.
