To usher in transparency in Public Distribution System (PDS), an electronic weighing machine was inaugurated at VSSN Cooperative society, at Seethur in Narasimharajapura on Tuesday.
Speaking after inaugurating the machine, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies D N Jeevraj said that food grains rice, wheat, sugar and kerosene will be weighed through electronic weighing machine.
The weighing machine with a voice system not only tells the customer the weight of the grocery, but also the amount to be paid on the basis of biometric information of the ration card holder.
“There were 1.82 crore ration cards in the State when I took charge as the Minister. Bogus ration cards have been suspended. Electronic weighing-cum-point of sale (PoS) machines have already been installed in ration shops at Bangalore and Tumkur districts.
The machines will be installed in all the ration shops in Chikmagalur, Belgaum, Dharward, Mysore, and Richur districts within a month. Electronic machines have been installed first time in the country. The state requires 21,699 machines. As there are a few manufacturers, the machines will be installed in phases across the State,” he said.
Seethur VSSN President Y S Subrahmanya, Taluk Panchayat President J G Nagaraj and others were present.