Reforms were being taken up in ration shops to increase the income of dealers and e-POS machines introduced across all shops to encourage cashless transactions, said Civil Supplies department Commissioner, C V Anand here on Friday.
Speaking to ration shop dealers who had threatened to go on strike from August if their demands were not, Anand said the installation of e-POS devices would be completed and ration dealers will get more income as all the fair price shops will be transformed into mini banks.
Asking them to desist from going on strike he said, “if you decide to call for strike, the Corporation will opt for alternative steps accordingly”.
“We have 2.75 crore Aadhaar card details and the department is planning to turn ration shops into mini-super markets,” he said, adding that genuine dealers can make profit through these reforms.
“Once we introduce e-POS in all the districts, Chief Minister will decide on increase of commission to the dealers. Till then you should be patient,” Anand said.
Later, the dealers requested Anand to give a minimum salary of Rs 30,000 and sought measures to remove weight loss in rice bags as they were losing two to three kgs in every bag coming to them.
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