Ration shop employees complain about glitches in POS devices in Thanjavur
Employees at 91 fair price shops in Thanjavur have reported significant technical glitches with their point-of-sale (POS) devices. These server issues have prevented the distribution of rations to cardholders for the past two weeks.
Why it matters
Highlights systemic failures in public distribution infrastructure that directly impact food security for vulnerable populations.
Employees of 91 fair price shops functioning in Thanjavur taluk have complained that they were not able to distribute rations to family cardholders for the past 15 days because of glitches in the point of sale (POS) machines provided to the shops.
Around 80 employees, accompanied by the Tamil Nadu Government Fair Price Shop Employees’ Union office- bearers arrived at the office of the Taluk Supply Officer in Thanjavur on August 21 and handed over the POS machines to the official stating that they were not functioning properly due to server problems.
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