Biometric authentication tender launched for food benefits program in Indian state

A tender process is underway to select a biometric solution provider for a supplementary food distribution program dubbed “poshahar” in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Newsroom Modisha reports.

According to state government officials, the objective is to check how food supplies are managed at certain distribution centers by making sure that officials do not collect food rations meant for beneficiaries. It will be a system-integrator solution to be delivered on a Build-Operate-Transfer agreement.

Poshahar is a government scheme …

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