Vellore regulated market goes digital

Updated - November 29, 2017 at 05:05 PM.

The Vellore Regulated Market is in transition.

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Produce arriving at the Vellore regulated market ▲
Produce being weighed at the Vellore regulated market ▲
A oil miller assesses the quality of groundnuts before placing a bid on his mobile app at the Vellore regulated market ▲
A trader checks out a batch of groundnuts for quality at the Vellore regulated market ▲
Ragi being bagged for weighing at the Vellore Regulated market ▲
A staff member at the Vellore regulated market writes down the top bid price of commodities for the day ▲
High bids are projected on an electronic screen at the auction hall in the Vellore regulated market ▲

The Vellore Regulated Market is in transition. Computers and paper files; electronic screens and chalk boards; mobile apps and paper labels; and online money transfer or cash payments all operate in parallel. At neighbouring market in Ammoor, one of the 12 markets under the Vellore Market Committee a couple of weeks back 100 per cent of paddy sale proceeds were online. Photos: Bijoy Ghosh

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