new delhi working towards endtoend computerisation of the public distribution system the delhi government intends to install pos devices at all 2252 fairprice shops in the city over the next 20 weeks it will also link service delivery to a centralised monitoring system drawing from experience in the pilot implemented in 2015 at 42 shops of which just about 28 disburse ration through pos as of now the new devices will come with many features and not just rely on fingerprinting for biometric verification they will also use iris authentication to establish identity of the beneficiaries the pos devices will be installed at all shops by the government which will bear the expense of the machines officials said the endtoend computerization of pds will come with the provision for cashless payment which is proposed to be aadharenabled another important feature will be interlinkage of the weighing machine for ration with the pos machine this is being done to record the amount of ration electronically to prevent tampering or manipulation with data according to officials as of now fairprice shops are asked to update the amount of ration sold at end of the month this will not be required now as realtime sale will be updated through the pos device linkages the delhi cabinet led by cm arvind kejriwal on tuesday approved the proposal of the department of food and civil supplies to engage a central government psu bharat electronics limited as a service provider for the project