Summary:
more-inLieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal on Monday referred to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) an investigation of alleged discrepancies and fraudulent transactions noticed in e-PoS devices. The Lieutenant-Governor stated that “we should not end up discarding the very technology that enabled detection of fraudulent transactions in the first place”. The device helps record all Fair Price Shops (FPS) transactions electronically, which enables real-time accounting of opening stock, daily sales and closing stock, which in turn facilitates monitoring and detection of fraudulent transactions. The introduction of e-PoS devices is part of a national-level reform in the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to enable end-to-end tracking of food grains. When the ration is taken, the e-PoS device captures the buyer’s biometrics, which is verified online with the Aadhaar database..