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Patna
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Raipur
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Pune
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Gurugram
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Gurugram, Haryana. India’s first Grain ATM has been set up as a pilot project in Farrukhnagar, Gurugram. The ATM has been named “Annapurti". These Grain ATMs will address all the complaints regarding the right measurement of ration quantity and waiting time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Haryana Government has recently set up its first ATM machine for dispensing food grains at Farrukhnagar in Gurugram, which will provide three types of grains - wheat, rice, and millet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Bengaluru. Karnataka’s first rice dispensing machine or ‘rice ATM’ will come up in one of the slum areas in Bengaluru. The initiative is part of the Centre’s pilot project ‘Annapurti’, that is being implemented in close partnership with the UN’s World Food Programme.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first ATM in India was set up in 1987 by HSBC in Mumbai.
Detailed explanation-5: -India’s first ‘Grain ATM’ was set up in Gurugram, Haryana in 2021. The machine was installed under the World Food Programme (WFP) and it is called the ‘Automated, Multi Commodity, and Grain Dispensing Machine’.