Why was robotic scanner requirement dropped from OSM tender, asks Congress MP

Key points

• Congress MP Digvijaya Singh has raised questions over changes made to the technical eligibility criteria in the tender process for CBSE's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.
• In a post on X, Singh claimed that the original Request for Proposal (RFP) for the OSM project included the use of robotic scanners.
• According to him, this requirement was later replaced with ordinary scanners.
• Questioning the change, Singh wrote, “Initially for OSM CBSE had decided to use Robotic Scanner in RFP document.
• But later it was changed to ordinary Scanner.