The Department of Food & Public Distribution has amended Food security (Assistance to State Government Rules) 2015 on 21 June, 2021. The amendment provides that with effect from 18th June, 2021, any savings if accrued by any State/Union Territory from the additional margin provided towards the cost of purchase, operation and maintenance of the point of sale device, its running expenses and incentive for its use, can henceforth be utilized for purchase, operations and maintenance of electronic weighing scales and their integration with the point of sale devices.
The department through press release states that this would encourage other States to generate savings through judicious use of ePoS devices. This amendment is an attempt to take forward the reform process envisaged under Section 12 of the Act, through improving transparency of operations of the Targeted Public Distribution System under NFSA.
