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IndianExpress run an article about the launching of the Rice ATM in India (Photo: Captured)

As reported by Indian Express, the first Rice ATM was installed in Bengaluru in late December, becoming Karnataka’s first rice dispensing machine ever. The initiative is part of the Centre’s pilot project ‘Annapurti’, which is being implemented in close partnership with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP).

Automatic grain dispensing machines will also be set up at five locations across five states Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. These machines, expected to check malpractices in the PDS, can dispense two commodities at a speed of 25 kg per 1.3 minutes. Each of these dispensers has a built-in storage capacity of 200-500 kg.

The minister said that Rice ATMs will be beneficial for members of a Below Poverty Line household (BFL) carholders, who don’t find time to go to the PDS centre during working hours.

To make Rice ATM’s convenient for public usage, the government is also considering a smart card or a biometric system similar to bank ATMs.

Vietnam's Rice ATM (Video: Vietnamnet)

Vietnamese people waiting in line for their turn to get rice from the rice dispensing machine (Photo: VNE)

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