Smart Ration Card System using RFID and Biometrics
Published Jan 31, 2018 · V. Sonawane
International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology
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Abstract
India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) is the largest ration distribution system in the world. Public distribution system provides a ration card to peoples and from that card, they will be able to purchase materials like rice, wheat, kerosene, and oil. State Government issues different ration cards like yellow ration card, saffron ration card, and white ration card depending on family annual income. The consumer material is supplied to ration card holders in the first week of every month by ration shopkeeper. Ration distribution system in India is not without its defects. The ration shop owner illegally uses consumer materials without prior knowledge of ration there consumer. The proposed system aids to control malpractices which are present in ration shop by replacing manual work with an automatic system based on RFID. The RFID card has a unique identification number and details of a consumer. The consumer scans the card on RFID reader which is interfaced with microcontroller kept at ration shop. Once a consumer is validated by the mean of Biometric, the system shows customer’s product and cost. Based on the material chosen by the consumer, the appropriate bill will be generated and the consumer gets the material. The proposed RFID and Biometric based automatic ration shop system would bring transparency and prevent malpractices.