The headcountIn Karimnagar district, the e-Pos machines were set up in 487 fair price shops. There were 2,70,949 ration cards including 2,54,951 food security cards (FSC), 15,986 Antyodaya food security card (AFSC) and 50 Annapurna (AP) cards. ‘No more confusion’During the initial introduction of e-Pos, there was confusion among the beneficiaries and the fair price shop dealers. But slowly, the initial teething problems have vanished and now dealers have installed the 4G SIM cards for e-Pos machines instead of 2G SIM, on their own. If we check the resale of the PDS rice in open market, the government returns would further increase, the officials said.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2017 18:56 UTC