E — Public distribution system using SMART card and GSM technology

In India E-ration PDS using SMART CARD and GSM technology is an innovative approach in public distribution system (PDS) which is very useful for efficient, accurate, and automated distribution of ration distribution system. Presently ration distribution system has drawbacks like inaccurate quantity of goods, large waiting time, low processing speed and material theft in ration shop. Main objective of the designed system is to replace manual work with the atomization of ration shop to have a transparency in PDS. Proposed E-ration shop for public distribution system replaces conventional ration card by smart cards which consist of all the details about the card holder like family details, type of card and its validity etc. Customer's database in stored in microcontroller which is provided by government authority. Customer needs to scan smart card on smart card reader, and the then microcontroller checks customer's details with stored to distribute material in ration shop. After successful verification, customers need to enter type of material as well as quantity of material using keypad the material get automatically dispatched without manual interpretation. After delivering proper material to consumer, the microcontroller sends the information to customer as well as PDS authorities through GSM technology.