India’s first “Grain ATM” has been set up in Haryana

Haryana Government has recently set up its first ATM machine for dispensing food grains at Farrukhnagar in Gurugram.

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The purpose of this ATM is to make the distributions of grains at government-run ration shops easy and hassle-free.

Haryana Deputy CM further informed that each machine can dispense up to 70kg of grains within five to seven minutes, at a time.

The machine also has a biometric system with a touch-screen, where the beneficiaries have to enter their Aadhaar or ration card number to get their grains.