Automated Ration Material Distribution System

Abstract

Ration shops in India are used to distribute commodities such as wheat, rice, sugar etc., to the public at a lower price than the market price. In order to buy the materials from the ration shop, people have to first submit their ration card and then they will be issued the materials through weighing system with the help of man power. The current ration distribution system is a controversial issue that involves corruption and illegal smuggling of goods. There is no technology being developed for the automation of the ration distribution, all the tasks are hand-operated manually leading to irregularities in the system. In this work an attempt is made to automate theration materials distribution. A system is developed based on the GSM technology. This system is simple and uses aadhar card for customer identification instead of the ration card. In the system, ration materials like sugar, rice, and wheat are distributed through an automatic mechanism without any help from the humans. The advantages of the system are it overcomes flaws such as inaccuracy in weighing the weight of the materials due to human error, data accuracy, and unauthorized data entry.