India’s first ‘Grain ATM’ launched in Gurugram

General Knowledge (judicial) Agriculture

India’s first grain dispensing ATM has been installed at Farrukhnagar in Gurugram district of Haryana under a pilot project, with the objective to make ration dispersal hassle and complaint free for citizens.
The machine is called Automated, Multi Commodity, Grain Dispensing Machine.
These Grain ATMS are being installed under the ‘World Food Programme’ of ‘United Nation’.
Once the pilot project is completed successfully, these Grain ATMs will be installed at all Government ration depots across the state.
The ‘Grain ATM’ is equipped with biometric system with a touch screen, so that beneficiaries can use ration cards or fingerprints to use it.
Consumers who wait in long queues to get their ration outside the shops will get relief using this machine .
At the same time, all complaints regarding long queues, time and accurate measurement of ration from government shops will be resolved.