Lok Sabha Question No. 3780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: PoS Machines
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA 3780

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th MARCH, 2017 (FRIDAYJCHAITRA 3, 1939 (SAKA)

## PoS Machines

## 3780 SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- whether the Government has installed Point of Sale (PoS) machines for creditldebit card as well as Aadhaar based transactions at all Public
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (a) Distribution Shops;
- (c) whether the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has to support banks through the Financial Inclusion Fund for deployment of up to two PoS devices per village and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) (AEPS) to merchants; and
- whether the NABARD has approved any scheme for giving 0.5 per cent incentive on payments made through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps effectively taken/being taken by the
- Government in this regard?

## The

## Answer Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) and (b) As per input received from the Department of Food and Public Distribution, under the guidelines prepared by that Department for Fair Price Shop (FPS) automation, Point of Sale (PoS) devices are installed at FPS for authentication of beneficiaries, recording of sales of subsidised food grains to beneficiaries at the FPS, and  uploading their transaction data at the  central server, and out of 5.26 lakh FPSs across the country, about 1.79 lakh FPSs have been automated, State/UT-wise details of which are at Annex
- (c) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is providing support to the banks to cover one lakh tier 5 and 6 centres with up to two PoS devices per centre\_ The support is being extended to a limit of 80% of the total cost of the PoS, with a cap of Rs. 6,000 per PoS
- (d) and (e) NABARD has approved a scheme for incentive of 0.5% of the transaction value up to Rs. 2,000, subject to a cap of Rs. 10 per transaction, and a maximum of Rs\_ 10,000 per merchant per month from the Financial Inclusion Fund for
- Aadhaar-based merchant transactions.

## Department of Food & Public Distribution

Status of FPS Automation (14.03.2017) Lok Sabha question No. 3780 for 24.3.2017 regarding\_ PoS Machines"

|    | States Union Territories   | Operational ePos           |
|----|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1  | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR          | 290                        |
| 2  | ANDHRA PRADESH             | 29,082                     |
| 3  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          |                            |
| 4  | ASSAM                      |                            |
| 5  | BIHAR                      | 59                         |
| 6  | CHANDIGARH                 | Under DBT (Cash Transfers) |
| 7  | CHHATTISGARH               | 12,171                     |
| 8  | DADRA NAGAR HAVELI         | 62                         |
| 9  | DAMAN & DIU                | 51                         |
| 10 | DELHI                      | 28                         |
| 11 | GOA                        | 42                         |
| 12 | GUJARAT                    | 17,077                     |
| 13 | HARYANA                    | 9,427                      |
| 14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH           |                            |
| 15 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR          |                            |
| 16 | JHARKHAND                  | 20,361                     |
| 17 | KARNATAKA                  | 3,877                      |
| 18 | KERALA                     |                            |
| 19 | LAKSHWADEEP                |                            |
| 20 | MADHYA PRADESH             | 22,409                     |
| 21 | MAHARASHTRA                | 1,056                      |
| 22 | MANIPUR                    | 0                          |
| 23 | MEGHALAYA                  | 0                          |
| 24 | MIZORAM                    | 0                          |
| 25 | NAGALAND                   | 0                          |
| 26 | ODISHA                     | 564                        |
| 27 | PUDUCHERRY                 | Under DBT (Cash Transfers) |
| 28 | PUNJAB                     | 0                          |
| 29 | RAJASTHAN                  | 25,721                     |
| 30 | SIKKIM                     | 20                         |
| 31 | TAMIL NADU                 | 34,774                     |
| 32 | TELANGANA                  | 1,622                      |
| 33 | TRIPURA                    | 25                         |
| 34 | UTTAR PRADESH              | 750                        |
| 35 | UTTARAKHAND                | 8                          |
| 36 | WEST BENGAL                | 0                          |
|    | TOTAL                      | 1,79,476                   |