Haryana's DeputyChief Minister Dushyant Chautala took to Twitter to make the announcement. Hewrote, "I am announcing with great pride that the country's first foodgrain ATM 'Annapurti' has been set up in Gurugram district of Haryana. Thepurpose of this ATM is to make the distributions of grains at government-runration shops easy and hassle-free."
As per the officialstatement, this machine is installed under the ''World Food Programme'' of theUnited Nations, and is called Automated, Multi Commodity, Grain DispensingMachine.
He also informed that each machine can dispense up to 70kg of grains withinfive to seven minutes, at a time.
If we go by the reports, it’s a pilot project and the Haryana Government isfurther planning to install these grain ATMs in every government-run rationshop across the state.
In an official statement, Dushyant Chautala said, "The purpose ofinstalling this machine is to ensure that the right quantity should reach theright beneficiary with minimum hassle."
As per reports, it’san automatic machine; hence the scope of error in the measurement of grains isnegligible. Explaining about the functioning of the machine, the statementreads, that the machine has a biometric system with a touch-screen, where thebeneficiaries have to enter their Aadhaar or ration card number to get theirgrains.
As soon as the tweet was shared, the news made people take to their socialmedia handles to applaud the initiative.
"We welcome foodrelief efforts like #Annapurti Grain ATM and wish for successful results sothey may benefit more communities and people," tweet by non-profitorganisation Akshaya Patra Foundation.
Another tweet read,"This is really an innovative and revolutionary step taken by @Dchautalathat will bring transparency and accuracy in distribution and availability ofgrain to the right set of people. Appreciate!"
"A greatinitiative. Dispensing ration through food grain ATM. Hope it works well. Willmake lives of millions easier," a third tweet read.