With ePoS devices, collection from ration shops up by over 6 per cent

BENGALURU: A simple tech upgrade is helping more people access their monthly food rations from ration shops, shows a study conducted by researchers from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore among others. When people were allowed to see which nearby ration shops were open and given the choice to collect their food from any of them using electronic Point-of-Sale (ePoS) devices, the collection of ration picking was up by 6.6%, the study has found.