Automatic Ration Material Distributions and Payment System Based on GSM and RFID Technology

RFID based automatic fair price shop is novel approach in public distribution system (PDS) useful for more efficient, accurate, and automated technique of ration distribution. Public distribution system also called rationing distribution system is one of the wide controversial issues that involve malpractices. The present ration distribution system has drawbacks like inaccurate quantity of goods, low processing speed, large waiting time, material theft in fair price shops. The proposed system replaces the manual work in fair price shops. The main objective of the designed system is the automation of fair price shops to provide transparency. The proposed automatic ration shop for public distribution system is based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology that ration replaces conventional cards. The RFID tags are provided instead of conventional ration cards. Customer’s database is stored in microcontroller which is provided by Government Authority. Customer needs to scan tag to RFID reader, and then microcontroller checks customer’s details with stored to distribute material in ration shop. After successful verification, customer needs to enter type of material as well as quantity of material using keypad. After delivering proper material to consumer, the microcontroller sends the information to customer as well as PDS authorities using Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology. Till date, only the distribution system was automated. In the proposed system, payment is also automated