AUTOMATIC RATIONING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION 1 Sanika Naik,2Abishay MathewDaniel,3Theertha Pillai,4Nikhil Phatale, Prof Jaswant Singh Rajput ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING RAMRAO ADIK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,NERUL, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI Abstract— Public distribution system i.e Rationing Distribution is one of the widely controversial issue that involves corruption and illegal smuggling of goods. One reason for this to happen is because every job in the ration shop involves manual work and there is no specific technology involved in automating the job. Involvement of manual work calls a lot of irregularities. These irregularities or illegal activities are for example - wrong entries in stock register of shop containing wrong stock information of the products that is supplied to the public, sometimes there is chance of distribution of low quality/graded products than the actual products provided by the Government, also the information regarding the actual availability of stock quantity in a ration shop can be falsified. In this paper, we propose the concept of replacing manual work/job in public distribution system (rationing distribution system in India) by automated system which can be installed at the ration shop with ease. In this automated system, we replace the conventional ration card by smart card in which all the details about users are provided including their AADHAR (social security) number which is used for user authentication. This prompted us to interface smart card reader (RFID Based) to the microcontroller (AT89C51) and PC via RS232 to develop such a system. Using such a system, Government would have all required control/monitoring over the transactions at ration shop. To involve Government in the process we proposed connecting the system at ration shop to a central database (provided by Govt.) via GSM module (SIM900D) and RS232. Hence it is possible to prevent the corruption and irregularities at ration shop. This would bring the transparency in public distribution system as there will be a direct communication between people and Government through this. The automatic rationing system, installed at the ration shop would have three subsections i.e. smart card interfacing to microcontroller, microcontroller and display, GSM module interfacing to microcontroller as well as central database provided by the Government. The person would have to swipe the card on the system placed at ration shop counter. After that for security authentication and to prevent card misuse, the system would ask for the AADHAR number. With the correct entry of password (i.e. AADHAR number) the GSM module would send message to central database for user identification. Once authenticated, automatic rationing system would get updated information regarding the existing subsidies for the current user. Further to prevent irregularities in distribution of ration, Government can provide/supply various products (like rice, wheat, kerosene, cooking oils etc.) to rationing shops in the form of sealed packets instead of the sack. The packets size can be in the following denominations (1 Kg, 2 Kg, 4 Kg, 8 Kg, 1 Lt , 2 Lt, 4 Lt, 8 Lt etc). User can only take the subsidies on products allotted to him/her by Government according to the available database records. Central database would be updated immediately made by the users II.PROBLEM STATEMENT Rationing shops are prevalent to corruption and hence continues to be an inconvenient method without any security to the users which are mainly poor people. In this project, we propose the concept of replacing manual work/job in public distribution I. INTRODUCTION system (rationing distribution system in India) by In this section, we are going to provide a brief introduction automated system which can be installed at the ration about automatic rationing for public distribution system (PDS) shop with ease. In this automated system we replace using RFID and GSM module to prevent irregularities. The Government in India is having a UID (Unique Identification) the conventional ration card by smart card in which number system called AADHAR number, which contains all all the details about users are provided including related information such as address, contact numbers, bank their AADHAR (social security) number which is account information etc. for every resident in the country. used for user authentication.This project basically Using the AADHAR number and contact details, the aims at reducing corruption that is prevailed in the Government can send a message (SMS) to the individuals, containing information regarding quality and quantity of ration shops with the means of irregular and illegal products allotted to him/her in a respective/specific ration shop. activities . People who are accessing the ration shop for subsidies in the cost of products would be allotted a smart card (electronic ration card). This card is RFID based card containing all information about the users such as his/her AADHAR number, name and count of family members, their profession, age etc. III. SYSTEM WORKING SYSTEM DESIGN CAN BE OBSERVED: Fig. B) Block Diagram of Microcontroller: The focus of this paper will be designing a system for prevention of corruption at rationing system. System design consists of a micro controller interfaced with RFID module, GSM module and LCD display. Input is taken from RFID reader in the form of serial data. This data is sent to micro controller. Micro controller then performs valid operation on this data and displays output on LCD display. GSM module is used to send valid information to the user in message format. SERIAL COMMUNICATION In telecommunication and computer science, serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially, over a communication channel or computer bus. This contrasts with parallel communication, where several bits are sent as a whole, on a link with several parallel channels. Serial communication is used for all long-haul communication and most computer networks, where the cost of cable and synchronization difficulties make parallel communication impractical. Serial computer buses are becoming more common even at shorter distances, as improved signal integrity and transmission speeds in newer serial technologies have begun to outweigh the parallel bus’s advantage of simplicity (no need for serializer and deserializer, or SerDes) and to outstrip its disadvantages (clock skew, interconnect density). A) Figure showing Serial Communication MICROCONTROLLER The Figure B) Illustrates the working of Microcontroller. The Intel MCS-51 (commonly termed 8051) is an internally Harvard architecture, complex instruction set computing (CISC) instruction set, single chip microcontroller (C) series developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded systems. Intel’s original versions were popular in the 1980s and early 1990s and enhanced binary compatible derivatives remain popular today. Intel’s original MCS-51 family was developed using N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) technology like its predecessor Intel MCS-48, but later versions, identified by a letter C in their name (e.g., 80C51) used complementary metaloxidesemiconductor (CMOS) technology and consume less power than their NMOS predecessors. This made them more suitable for batterypowered devices. RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information. Passive tags collect energy from a nearby RFID reader’s interrogating radio waves. Active tags have a local power source such as a battery and may operate at hundreds of meters from the RFID reader. Unlike a barcode, the tag need not be within the line of sight of the reader, so it may be embedded in the tracked object. RFID is one method for Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC). RFID tags are used in many industries, for example, an RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly line; RFID-tagged pharmaceuticals can be tracked through warehouses; and implanting RFID microchips in livestock and pets allows positive identification of animals. Since RFID tags can be attached to cash, clothing, and possessions, or implanted in animals and people, the possibility of reading personally-linked information without consent has raised serious privacy concerns. Fig C) shows RFID card and EM 18 module(RFID card reader) Fig C) Block Diagram of RFID Technology: LCD Fig. E) LCD GSM GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications, originally Group Special Mobile), is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile phones, first deployed in Finland in July 1991. As of 2014 it has become the global standard for mobile communications with over 902G networks developed as a replacement for first generation (1G) analog cellular networks, and the GSM standard originally described a digital, circuitswitched network optimized for full duplex voice telephony. This expanded over time to include data communications, first by circuit-switched transport, then by packet data transport via GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) and EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution or EGPRS). Subsequently, the 3GPP developed third-generation (3G) UMTS standards followed by fourth-generation (4G) LTE Advanced standards, which do not form part of the ETSI GSM standard. ”GSM” is a trademark owned by the GSM Association. It may also refer to the (initially) most common voice codec used, Full Rate. Fig. D) Basic GSM Module A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronic visual display that uses the lightmodulating properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly. LCDs are available to display arbitrary images (as in a general-purpose computer display) or fixed images with low information content, which can be displayed or hidden, such as preset words, digits, and 7-segment displays, as in a digital clock. They use the same basic technology, except that arbitrary images are made up of many small pixels, while other displays have larger elements. LCDs are used in a wide range of applications including computer monitors, televisions, instrument panels, aircraft cockpit displays, and indoor and outdoor signage. Small LCD screens are common in portable consumer devices such as digital cameras, watches, calculators, and mobile telephones, including smartphones. LCD screens are also used on consumer electronics products such as DVD players, video game devices and clocks. LCD screens have replaced heavy, bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) displays in nearly all applications V. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -Hardware configuration A)8051 Microcontroller B)RFID EM-18 C)GSM SIM 900A D)Power Unit E)Serial Communiction -Software Configuration 1) KEIL IDE 2) Flash Magic VI. MERITS • It is cheaper for the customers as it involves only the cost of the RFID tag. • It requires less maintenance as compared to previous methods. • It is simple to use and easily accessible as it involves a gsm module which will be connected to every mobile phone VII. DEMERITS The only limitation this system faces is that it requires constant update of data when new users are added or old users are deleted. VIII. CONCLUSION Using this modern system, we can have better management of the ration distribution system. Government can have indirect check on the availability of the ration to the beneficiary. Hence this will make the system fare for everyone i.e. the people above and below the poverty line will have an equal share of ration which belongs to them. It is transparent and has control over prices of some commodities in the open market. Dealers will not be able to falsify fake ration cards for them. They won’t be able to increase the prices of goods for their gain too. This system helps to modernize traditional rationing and combat corruption up. 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