Card, Aadhaar-enabled payments at all PDS, fertiliser depots soon

Over 170,000 PoS machines have already been installed at PDS shops

In a major push for cashless transactions, point-of-sale (PoS) machines for credit/debit cards as well as Aadhaar-based transactions will be installed at all fair price shops and fertiliser depots over the next few months.

In an interview to PTI, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said over 170,000 PoS machines have already been installed at public distribution system (PDS) shops and more will be done in the next few months.

“Both the department of food and civil supplies and the department of fertilisers have a programme to install PoS machines at all PDS shops and fertiliser depots,” he said.

“Also, they will be made Aadhaar-enabled,”