International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications (IJLERA) ISSN: 2455-7137 Volume – 02, Issue – 04, April – 2017, PP – 21-24 www.ijlera.com 2017 IJLERA – All Right Reserved 21 | Page SMART RATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Tarun Kumar, Shivani Sharma, Ankush Raina, Nikhil Pathania MIET Jammu Abstract: The Public Distribution System (PDS) of today is one of the widely controversial issues that involves malpractices such as corruption and illegal smuggling of goods. In this paper, the analysis for use of “Smart Ration Distribution System” is presented. This proposed project based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology aims to minimize the malpractices by replacing conventional ration cards with the RFID tags. The database of customers, provided by the Government Authority is stored in the microcontroller. The customer is required to scan the RFID tag to RFID reader and the microcontroller then checks for details of the customer with the stored database of the customer in microcontroller to allow for material (ration) dispensation. After successful verification, customer needs to enter type of material as well as quantity of material using keypad. After proper material dispensation to the consumer, the microcontroller sends the information to customer as well as PDS authorities using Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology. Keywords: Arm Microcontroller, RFID, GSM, Solenoid Circuit, Relay, RS-232 I. INTRODUCTION The present Public Distribution System allows for ration distribution to the card holders with the requirement of first submitting the ration card and secondly to put the sign in the ration card depending on the material. Then the materials will be dispensed through the weighting system involving the help of human. But the system in use suffers from two basic and noticeable drawbacks, one being the inaccuracy in imprecise weighing of materials due to human errors or mistakes and secondly if a customer doesn’t buy the materials at the end of month, the ration shopkeepers sell the materials to someone else without proper intimation to Government Authority and customers. In this paper, the proposed project “Smart Ration Distribution System" aims to overcome these above mentioned drawbacks. In this project instead of conventional ration cards the customers are allotted RFID Tags which serve the purpose of ration cards and these RFID (RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION) Tags have a unique identification number. The customers are required to scan the respective RFID Tags on RFID reader which is interfaced with the microcontroller for the distribution of materials [1]. Then the customers’ details are validated and after the verification is completed successfully, the customer is required to select the type of the material and the quantity of the same with the interfaced keypad. Based on the type and quantity of material(s) selected by the customer, an appropriate circuitry will be activated and the selected material(s) will be dispensed to the customer. Another technology used in the proposed project of this paper, is the GSM (GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE) technology, which communicates the message of ration delivery in the form of SMS to the concerned authority i.e., Government and customer. The major component along with the block diagram of the proposed system is shown as under. II. BLOCK DIAGRAM Fig1. Block diagram of the Smart Ration Distribution