Hyderabad: Telangana government’s prestigious ePOS (Electronic Point of Sale) system introduced to remove malpractices in public distribution system was gaining good results. ePOS system received huge response as it benefited beneficiaries and also government. Till this day, more than 10 crores transactions have been done through this system in Telangana State wide.
Telangana government introduced this system on pilot project basis in 2016 March at 1545 ration shops in Greater Hyderabad region to check irregularities and for smooth distribution of ration commodities to eligible beneficiaries. After successful result, this system was implemented all over the State.
Earlier this year on March 1, ePOS was implemented in 17,027 ration shops State wide. With introduction of this system not only eligible beneficiaries got their commodities without any difficulty, the government also saved up to 10 to 15 per cent of commodities.
Commodities distribution with biometric system helped reduction in irregularities. Difference in weight, depreciation in commodities has been stopped. Distribution was done very transparently. A total of 85 lakh families avail ration State wide. The State government supplies 1.75 lakh metric tons of rice to meet the requirement. To make sure that this rice reaches beneficiaries, the Telangana Civil Supplies Department introduced bio-metric systems in all the ration shops.
From 2016 March till today, more than 10 crores ePOS transactions had been done. Highest number of ePOS transaction were done in districts of Hyderabad 1.57 cr, Ranga Reddy 1.10 cr, Medchal 78.77 lakh, Mahbubnagar 50.78 lakh, Sangareddy 44.33 lakh, Nizamabad 39.59 lakh.
Civil Supplies Department officials were very cheerful as they reached another milestone on completion of 10 crore mark. They said this milestone was achieved with National Informatics Centre cooperation. With introduction of ePOS biometric system state wide, portability has been implemented. State wide 2.75 crore beneficiaries can get their ration from anywhere in the State. (NSS)